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Overnight Open Thread (14 Aug 2015)
Go Topless And Aliens
I had no idea Raelians were behind the Go Topless events. Watch for boobie protests on 23 Aug. Can You Handle These Job Interview Questions I don't remember being asked to name how many uses for a lemon for flight school. The Thing Hopefully ATC doesn't see this.by 2008 over 90% of high-school seniors surveyed about their post-graduation plans said they were going to college. By the following October, over two-thirds of graduates were in fact enrolled in some form of post-secondary education. The college attainment rate for young people in their mid-20s, however, paints a different picture. In 2013, only 32% had a four-year degree; 10% had a two-year degree; and another 12% or so had a one-year, post-secondary certificate with value in the labor market. Despite the optimistic talk about "college for all," it appears that the forgotten half has not gone anywhere. Recent research suggests, however, that some licensure and certificate programs might actually be a better option for some students than a more traditional, two- or four-year degree program, and certainly a better option than dropping out of college with debt. The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce has released several reports providing further evidence that the financial returns on education are not simply a function of how much schooling you have had, but what skills you have acquired. According to the Center's studies, there are now very significant overlaps between the earnings of those with licenses or one-year, post-secondary certificates and those with two- and four-year degrees. Most striking, a 2011 study showed that nearly 30% of those with two-year degrees are out-earning the average four-year-degree holder.WMD But I thought Bush lied and there was no WMD in Iraq? US fears ISIS is using Saddam's old WMD weapon stockpiles. Debt Levels
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2015 09:58 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at August 14, 2015 10:00 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 14, 2015 10:03 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at August 14, 2015 10:04 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:04 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 14, 2015 10:05 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 14, 2015 10:05 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 10:05 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:05 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2015 10:05 PM (ZCFje)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:06 PM (V+kmg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:06 PM (jR7Wy)
The left one is lower than the right, as usual. You'd think they would take turns.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 14, 2015 10:07 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:07 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:07 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:07 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 14, 2015 10:08 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:08 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (10ydV)
Is that the usual or are there Righty Lowers out there!!!!!
Burn them. Burn them now. Unclean, unclean!!!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Zombie Cecil at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Blano at August 14, 2015 10:10 PM (heN73)
Posted by: chad at August 14, 2015 10:10 PM (MQEz6)
The key is discipline. Finishing tasks, delaying gratification, and being responsible are the key to success.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:10 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Charlotte at August 14, 2015 10:11 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 14, 2015 10:11 PM (cJswI)
Posted by: chad at August 14, 2015 10:11 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:11 PM (10ydV)
Sometimes it's how they get inside you, sometimes it's how and where they live and other things they do inside you and sometimes it's how they get out of you when they're (or you) are done that's disgusting.
But I guarantee you won't eat for a couple hours after. If ever again.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM (x3GpS)
Funny how we keep finding more WMD that Saddam Hussein never had and was all a lie by Bush to invade for oil and revenge for his daddy and because he loves death.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM (39g3+)
Oh, and mine's a lefty lower too. Is that a requirement in the Style Guide or something?
Posted by: Blano at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM (heN73)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM (1eYr7)
Good to know that he still was pulling the strings 6 years after his Presidency ended.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM (Z7G74)
Wrong again, we have 10. And only 4 to 5 are deployed or are deployable.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:13 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: chad at August 14, 2015 10:10 PM (MQEz6)
Harder than being a bassist.
Posted by: Boris The Spider at August 14, 2015 10:13 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: freaked about the S100 buss at August 14, 2015 10:13 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:13 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:14 PM (oVJmc)
That's when this usually happens to your car
https://youtu.be/kiLCEBdLSmo
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:14 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 10:14 PM (PF0mN)
Having no debt is the next best thing to having fuck you money.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 14, 2015 10:14 PM (cJswI)
But wasn't Obama brilliant to pull all the troops out?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:15 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:09 PM (dg8OI)
****
Now lets not get all crazy here....
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 14, 2015 10:15 PM (1eYr7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 10:15 PM (9mTYi)
This humungous catalog (monthly I think) that was extra big and about an 1 1/2" thick.
They didn't have the internet then (well not the commercial part yet) so they had to sell computer and parts using dead trees to communicate!!!! lol lol lol
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (x3GpS)
They asked her if she was going to the UFO Convention in Minneapolis in Jan (or Feb).
She replied "And leave Southern California in the Winter? Do you think I'm crazy?"
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (39g3+)
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Well, that's ONE way, certainly. It's not the path I chose.
I delayed tasks, prioritized gratification, and made myself indispensable to people even lazier than me.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (PF0mN)
Hussein never had and was all a lie by Bush to invade for oil and
revenge for his daddy and because he loves death.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
The US Army knew about the big depot out in the northwest desert of Iraq. They chose not to do anything with it because it was thought the weapons were too unstable to move. The practice in the US was to build an incinerator in place to destroy our own stored arsenals of chemical weapons.
I never read about any plan to build an incinerator out there to destroy the contents of those bunkers. And it was actually kept pretty quiet, from my recollection.
I'm sure that Obama, Kerry and HRC had classified reports all about it.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at August 14, 2015 10:17 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:17 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:17 PM (vsbNu)
40 Not gonna start reminiscing about old PC stuff. Not gonna do it.
Posted by: freaked about the S100 buss at August 14, 2015 10:13 PM (BO/km)
30MHz!
We tested it!
It's a screamer!!!
Posted by: chad at August 14, 2015 10:17 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (jR7Wy)
The Eris Pathway to being just indispensable enough!
Posted by: Hrothgar SMOD, Come On DOWN! at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (ftVQq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
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I hacked my own from a TV.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (FcR7P)
http://tinyurl.com/nsd4m7g
Posted by: Thrawn at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2015 10:19 PM (ZCFje)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:19 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:19 PM (OQ9R7)
Don't ask me how I know. Actually, I did okay because I had to sell mine so only lost a few bucks compared to the loss I would've had after it essentially became an expensive door stop.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:19 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Citation X is fast at August 14, 2015 10:19 PM (Sqmjr)
Boy it's a good thing our journalists have integrity and follow up on stuff like this so the the record doesn't get distorted!
Posted by: Hrothgar SMOD, Come On DOWN! at August 14, 2015 10:20 PM (ftVQq)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo
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IT'S A POOR PARASITE THAT KILLS ITS HOST?
Posted by: Al Sharpton at August 14, 2015 10:20 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Sobek at August 14, 2015 10:20 PM (Qrpdy)
Didn't it make you feel all Star Trekky and warp factor 3 Mr. Sulu when you hit that button?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:20 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 10:20 PM (LAliD)
Will SMOD have to pay taxes on its winnings?
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:21 PM (TEpA2)
We need to get a new lawnmower. I've only ever used hand-me-down mowers, so I don't know what to expect out of a mower. We have just under an acre of very unmanicured yard -- pasture grass, weeds, tree seedlings, fallen branches, rocks, etc. I also have a few square feet of actual lawn grass.
I've used a gas mower and a corded electric mower in the past. The gas mower was a pain to start, noisy to run, and a pain to pause when I had a phone call or needed to listen to someone.
The electric mower was much easier for me to use with instant on and off, but something happened to the electrical system and it shorted out the extension cord and stopped working. I don't know if the yard was too rugged for it.
I've never used a rechargeable, but it seems like it might be too wimpy for our terrain.
Does anyone have any advice to help us select a new mower? Many thanks for the suggestions! (No goats!)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:21 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:22 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:21 PM (TEpA2)
The only sure things are Death and Taxes, but SMOD seems to be in an interesting category involving both. Guess we better ask John Roberts!
Posted by: Hrothgar SMOD, Come On DOWN! at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (ftVQq)
This humungous catalog (monthly I think) that was extra big and about an 1 1/2" thick.
They didn't have the internet then (well not the commercial part yet) so they had to sell computer and parts using dead trees to communicate!!!! lol lol lol
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (x3GpS)
I loved that thing.
Bought my first laptop from it, a Bondwell. Pretty good machine. 100MB hard drive and 4MB RAM. Had to monkey around with it a bit to get it to run DOOM.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Sobek at August 14, 2015 10:20 PM (Qrpdy)
Don't forget that they kill bugs that are even more annoying, like mosquitoes.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:24 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:12 PM
Of course. Pathologically incapable of taking responsibility.
Posted by: rrpjr at August 14, 2015 10:24 PM (s/yC1)
But on the other hand, my at the time 12 year old son was writing C programs is now a big success.
I guess, when reflecting upon it, it was a lot cheaper than private school.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 14, 2015 10:24 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (vsbNu)
What happened to the Bombers last week? Did they forget to show up?
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:25 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 14, 2015 10:25 PM (8lKv/)
If the company had a set back and asks you to take a temporary 20% pay cut would you stay or look for another job?
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 14, 2015 10:25 PM (cJswI)
76 If you want UI funding for retraining you have to let them know in the first 16 weeks.
Guess how I know.
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 10:25 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:22 PM (ucDmr)
Oh dear. Best wishes and prayers!
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:26 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: rrpjr
And Reagan created Al Qaeda.
es Pravda!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at August 14, 2015 10:26 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at August 14, 2015 10:26 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:26 PM (ucDmr)
Devoted 13" color monitor, dual floppies, 48k free ram, wide carriage printer with wsiwyg, an interface device thingie, data cassette drive, sound ported to the stereo...
I could blow shit up in style.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 14, 2015 10:27 PM (gyKtp)
Maybe that's striking to them. But I'm not surprised at all. If you're going to a 2 year program it probably is for a specific type of job. However the bullshit degrees that don't pay shit aren't going to be 2 year degrees when they can milk you for a full 4 years as you get your bachelors in Women in Tribal Societies of New Guinea.
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 10:27 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:25 PM (TEpA2)
--Nothing as embarrassing as their showing against the Ti-Cats.
It would be great to see them play the Grey Cup in their own house, but it's looking like they're not hungry or focused enough for it.
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:27 PM (vsbNu)
I recommend Lowes. The housebrand, which escapes me (couldn't be the whisky), has a Honda engine. Easiest thing in the world to start.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 14, 2015 10:27 PM (1ijHg)
We, ourselves are far from immune.
Posted by: navybrat at August 14, 2015 10:27 PM (JgC5a)
seems to be in an interesting category involving both. Guess we better
ask John Roberts!
Posted by: Hrothgar SMOD, Come On DOWN! at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (ftVQq)
Don't get the UN involved.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Hillz! Thinking Ahead For My 80's... at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (FcR7P)
Can't imagine the extension cord required for an acre would be fun to handle. I've been very pleased with my Honda gas mower pretty easy starting and it still runs even though the shat is bent from hitting a rock or three. I think there are now some electric start ones, but the battery handling gets problematic. The new high voltage lithium batteries might support cutting a acre, but I'd go with gas.
Posted by: Hrothgar SMOD, Come On DOWN! at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (ftVQq)
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I assume the takeover of Taiwan will happen sometime before the Winter 2022 Olympics -- early enough that outrage will have died down and it will be status quo. "There is only one China, and Taiwan is a part of China."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (jR7Wy)
We need to get a new lawnmower. I've only ever used hand-me-down mowers, so I don't know what to expect out of a mower. We have just under an acre of very unmanicured yard -- pasture grass, weeds, tree seedlings, fallen branches, rocks, etc. I also have a few square feet of actual lawn grass.
I've used a gas mower and a corded electric mower in the past. The gas mower was a pain to start, noisy to run, and a pain to pause when I had a phone call or needed to listen to someone.
The electric mower was much easier for me to use with instant on and off, but something happened to the electrical system and it shorted out the extension cord and stopped working. I don't know if the yard was too rugged for it.
I've never used a rechargeable, but it seems like it might be too wimpy for our terrain.
Does anyone have any advice to help us select a new mower? Many thanks for the suggestions! (No goats!)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:21 PM (dg8OI)
You used an electrical cord not rated for the mower. You really have to make sure that your cord can handle the amps that the mower needs. If you don't, it will burn up the motor pretty quickly.
There are some battery powered mowers out today that claim to mow for about 30 minutes per charge (they give you 2 batteries), but the reviews all say that the batteries need to be replaced every year at about $100 each.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Dem screamer at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (W5DcG)
The left one is lower than the right, as usual. You'd think they would take turns.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 14, 2015 10:07 PM
Well I had a varicocele in the left one so it always hung lower. If you have that condition, or one of your kids does, get it corrected.
It can lead to sterility, may be the reason we couldn't have kids. I know TMI, but really they never knew that might be the result when I was a kid.
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (o/90i)
And originally came with a chiclet keyboard and non-standard connectors! Brilliant, IBM!
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:16 PM (jR7Wy)
And this is why there will always be a job for you in the Logistics Directorate of Alextopia.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:29 PM (V+kmg)
We need to get a new lawnmower. I've only ever used hand-me-down mowers, so I don't know what to expect out of a mower. We have just under an acre of very unmanicured yard -- pasture grass, weeds, tree seedlings, fallen branches, rocks, etc. I also have a few square feet of actual lawn grass.
I've used a gas mower and a corded electric mower in the past. The gas mower was a pain to start, noisy to run, and a pain to pause when I had a phone call or needed to listen to someone.
The electric mower was much easier for me to use with instant on and off, but something happened to the electrical system and it shorted out the extension cord and stopped working. I don't know if the yard was too rugged for it.
I've never used a rechargeable, but it seems like it might be too wimpy for our terrain.
Does anyone have any advice to help us select a new mower? Many thanks for the suggestions! (No goats!)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:21 PM (dg8OI)
Lawn tractor FTW!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 14, 2015 10:29 PM (EzgxV)
I saw a big, industrial robot mower being tested beside the highway hear awhile back. Almost the size of a micro-car with four rough terrain tires one at each corner. They had the roadside gridded-off. It moved at a moderate walking speed and pivoted right at each point in the grid. Kinda impressive.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 10:29 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:30 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:30 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 10:30 PM (zyIlW)
So I'm at a school yesterday and the advisor informs me that financial aid eligibility is based on last year's 1040.
So the people that fund the program aren't able to take advantage of it.
Know who is eligible tho in CA.???
Ask the Trump fans...
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 10:30 PM (LAliD)
Competition is too tough. You'll never be a barista if you've only got an associate's degree.
Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2015 10:30 PM (FcR7P)
The key is discipline. Finishing tasks, delaying gratification, and being responsible are the key to success.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:10 PM (10ydV)
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Haha! I already like you; you don't have to patronize me.
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:30 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 10:31 PM (zyIlW)
around waiting for the tape drive to load the one really cool game.
My wife got me one for our anniversary this year. 16k.
I can play the tape data out through my laptop's earphone jack and into the TRS-80. Pretty sweet.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:31 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:31 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 10:32 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:29 PM (V+kmg)
Go Navy, Beat Army!
Posted by: Vendette just lost a job in the Logistics Directorate of Alextopia at August 14, 2015 10:32 PM (TEpA2)
I had programs that ran.
But you had to type them in each time you wanted to run them.
Posted by: navybrat at August 14, 2015 10:32 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Michael Sam at August 14, 2015 10:32 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:32 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: Donna &&&&& V.(brandishing ampersands once again) at August 14, 2015 10:33 PM (+XMAD)
Doesn't sound like they're mowing the whole yard, just part of it. If not, then, yes, the $1k rider at Lowes or Home Depot will do the trick.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 10:34 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: rrpjr at August 14, 2015 10:34 PM (s/yC1)
Posted by: MoveOn.org at August 14, 2015 10:34 PM (FcR7P)
The hard part about retraining is figuring out what jobs will still be good jobs 15 years from now.
Remember when being able to create a webpage was a $130k/yr. job?
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 10:35 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 10:35 PM (gTlHG)
Posted by: Vendette just lost a job in the Logistics Directorate of Alextopia at August 14, 2015 10:32 PM (TEpA2)
Let's not be too hasty here.
Let's see how you look in the Nazi uniform with the hot pants first.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:35 PM (V+kmg)
My very smart but blue collar Dad bought the Commordore 64 when it first came out . I ignored this signs.
I met a guy in the library who couldn't stop talking about how apple and PCs were going to change the world. I ignored the signs.
God wanted me to be rich but ignored his advice.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 14, 2015 10:36 PM (cJswI)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:36 PM (ucDmr)
es Pravda!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at August 14, 2015 10:26 PM (+1T7c)
I've also heard that Reagan is responsible for Islamic terrorism (and I heard this from someone whom I consider very intelligent...as long as he's not talking about politics).
Apparently Reagan's election in 1980 caused a time-loop that spawned the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups that pre-date AQ and ISIS.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 14, 2015 10:36 PM (wZ2hu)
Trippy to hook it up to a 51" screen.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:37 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Zombie Mr. Rogers at August 14, 2015 10:37 PM (TxJGV)
And this question: "If they're good for America, why weren't they good for Mexico?"
And this question: "Do you think America didn't have enough poor, uneducated people in it, and we needed to import some more?"
Posted by: RKae at August 14, 2015 10:39 PM (erO8I)
This week ate cock.
Next week should be cock free.
*crosses strangled chicken necks*
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2015 10:05 PM (ZCFje)
===
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Posted by: the chicken at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (X6mMi)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (u5gzz)
Posted by: Thrawn
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All because Dr. McCoy freaked out on drugs and ran through that giant stone donut!
Posted by: RKae at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (erO8I)
There are some battery powered mowers out today that claim to mow for about 30 minutes per charge (they give you 2 batteries), but the reviews all say that the batteries need to be replaced every year at about $100 each.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (Z7G74)
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I wondered about the battery issue. Thanks for the confirmation, AJPS.
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: R O'Donnell at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (vsbNu)
I keep forgetting to make some wind chimes out of 20MB Seagate platters that are lying around ...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:17 PM (yr/x+)
Best use of Seagate drives. Because they're fucking useless for anything else.
'sup jackwagons
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2015 10:40 PM (egLDQ)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:22 PM
Sorry to here that Chavez. Check out Sterling Steel, no idea but they might be hiring.
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 10:41 PM (o/90i)
es Pravda!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at August 14, 2015 10:26 PM (+1T7c)
I've also heard that Reagan is responsible for Islamic terrorism
(and I heard this from someone whom I consider very intelligent...as
long as he's not talking about politics).
Apparently Reagan's election in 1980 caused a time-loop that spawned
the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups that pre-date AQ and
ISIS.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 14, 2015 10:36 PM (wZ2hu)<<<
That guy was just plain horrible.
Posted by: Ronald Raven at August 14, 2015 10:41 PM (HpiWI)
Posted by: The Chappaqua Neighborhood Association at August 14, 2015 10:42 PM (FcR7P)
Go Navy, Beat Army!
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This is where my disparate disciplines of longsword fighting, procuring, and knot-tying form a beautiful gestalt.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:42 PM (jR7Wy)
This is the dirty secret about electric cars that few bring up: how soon you'll have to replace the batteries and how damn much they cost. Like buying a small car every 8-10 years on the outside. No matter how you slice it, it costs more to buy and maintain an electric car than buy and maintain a gas powered car. So much so its not even worth having it as a town car second vehicle.
Then there's the fun of an accident where you send 1000 pounds of rare earth batteries skittering down the freeway like a hockey puck...
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:43 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 14, 2015 10:43 PM (KCxzN)
The US funded the Mujj in Afghanistan against the Soviets. The Soviets, with a cratering country because Reagan broke them, retreated. Thus leaving the Mujj in charge. And then US interest waned. And the Mujj got overthrown by AQ. What was called the Northern Alliance is what was left of the US supported resistance. And this President is busily throwing the Northern Alliance under the bus.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:43 PM (yr/x+)
Also, if you want to donate your mower to a charity like Salvation Army, they may not take a gas mower.
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:43 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Tmitsss at August 14, 2015 10:44 PM (XAYp+)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:44 PM (OQ9R7)
Let's see how you look in the Nazi uniform with the hot pants first.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:35 PM (V+kmg)
I'd make an Air Force joke, but I won't. Because.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:44 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:23 PM (TEpA2)
Not quickly enough, in the case of mosquitoes.
Posted by: Sobek at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM (aa38m)
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Speaking of the Mujj in Afghanistan, I want to see "Charlie Wilson's War" again, but it's never on cable. It's never on nowhere!
It's like the movie never happened!
Posted by: RKae at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM (erO8I)
Posted by: R O'Donnell at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:28 PM (oVJmc)
The IR port for the wireless PC Jr. keyboard does not care for CFLs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjmqTBILs6g
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM (EHU9F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:46 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:31 PM (ucDmr)
Aren't all the mowers built by MTD?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:46 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: you can almost hear the circuits blowing at August 14, 2015 10:46 PM (ICHL/)
Posted by: freaked about the S100 buss at August 14, 2015 10:13 PM (BO/km)
We had a MITS Altair 8800A with 8" floppy drives and a 10 meg hard drive in my high school. Kids a few years before me fundraised to get it and built it from the kit. The hard drive replaced a paper tape reader. Totally cool to flip the switches to get it to boot. Used it for C programming and playing Rogue, plus we had a 300 baud acoustic modem. Cutting edge, baby.
Posted by: Agent J at August 14, 2015 10:46 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:47 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Piercello, no longer on the road at August 14, 2015 10:47 PM (RXfvh)
Go Navy, Beat Army!
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This is where my disparate disciplines of longsword fighting, procuring, and knot-tying form a beautiful gestalt.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:42 PM (jR7Wy)
Navy all the way.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (TEpA2)
I'd go with a self-propelled gas powered mower.
You don't want to push and lug a mower over all that shit. Get one with adjustable speeds (it'll have that anyway if it's self-propelled).
I've got a Honda and haven't been that happy with it. It's been in the repair shop several times for various issues.
Just look around online for self-propelled gas mowers and read some reviews.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:35 PM (V+kmg)
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This reminds me: fitting for Dungeonmaster leathers is at 0900 hours tomorrow. You might want to pop a Valium for the face mask mold session. It can get pretty intense.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (ucDmr)
Some computer stuff really annoys me. I bought a really nice scanner that worked great, had nice features and was very reliable. But it was SCSI and suddenly.... it worked with nothing. The scanner is fine, still works. But its useless all the sudden.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (39g3+)
Dead Moon Circus trailer - https://youtu.be/jiJaJRNNAzE
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (jR7Wy)
The IR port for the wireless PC Jr. keyboard does not care for CFLs.
Hah. Fred Upton, you bastard.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (zyIlW)
Funny how there are a couple of pretty good movies like that that show the wrong side of history which apparently must never have been filmed.
Posted by: Path to 9/11 at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (ftVQq)
Welcome to the weekend. I just feel like this needs to be restated. Attagirl, Eris:
I delayed tasks, prioritized gratification, and made myself indispensable to people even lazier than me.
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:46 PM (yr/x+)
My parts still work!!!!
Jus sayin
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 14, 2015 10:50 PM (V+kmg)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:50 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: freaked about the S100 buss at August 14, 2015 10:51 PM (BO/km)
I had a friend in the shipping business buy me a 1st generation IBM PC to do a freight tracking system in 1982.. or maybe 1983.. well over $3000!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 14, 2015 10:51 PM (UpGcq)
Posted by: Agent J at August 14, 2015 10:51 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:51 PM (oVJmc)
Then there's the fun of an accident where you send 1000 pounds of rare earth batteries skittering down the freeway like a hockey puck...
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:43 PM (39g3+)
Last I heard the batteries only lasted about 5 years. Of course they started to lose their "peak" charge right after they were installed so you end up using more and more gas as the thing ages.
Funny how they talk about the damage oil and coal does to the environment but neglect to discuss how damaging to the environment that nickel, lithium, solar panel production, and nickel processing is.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (Z7G74)
Every candidate that supports
Both sets of dangerous human beings are now here. One set are illegal. Fine.
But the other set are here because they were made legal; which in many places they were not, until living memory of many of us here. This was often because states were considered states, with the right to limit who got to stay and how. Oregon kept out blacks Constitutionally, entirely, until very recently (2002, wasn't it?). Other states allowed for "restrictive covenants". It was generally assumed and accepted that there existed people who were so different from us, that they could not be allowed to live with us - unless they had proven up front that they could be so allowed.
One is not different from the other. The illegal alien is illegal by dint of the current law. Likewise, the now-integrated Negro is legal by dint of law, which was a different law until the 1940s-60s changes in this law. And look how he behaves.
I do not believe that conservatives may have this both ways.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (AVEe1)
God knows it's been damn near two days since the last one.
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (e+1S5)
The amazing part is that they ever get made to begin with. Every once in a while one slips through but like Idiocracy they tend to get disappeared after they leave theaters.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (39g3+)
I remember my doctor asking me if I had any kids
Posted by: Tmitsss at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (XAYp+)
The corded mower really wasn't bad. You just start closest to the plug and work your way further and further away from it. The cord just drags on the area you've already cut. Also, we had an outlet out in the back yard, so we had coverage just about everywhere.
Thanks again for the advice! (This place has ruined me. I'm afraid to say "Thanks for the tips.")
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: Path to 9/11
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Ever seen "Harry's War" with David Ogden Stiers and Edward Herrmann?
David Ogden Stiers says it's one of his favorite films... but I don't know how he can say that when IT NEVER HAPPENED! (If you think you saw the movie, you are wrong! It doesn't exist!)
Posted by: RKae at August 14, 2015 10:53 PM (erO8I)
Posted by: ALH at August 14, 2015 10:54 PM (Z56vq)
Many, but not all. Electrolux builds some makes (Craftsmen, Husqy?) and Murray still builds under B&S ownership.
Troy and Cub build their own upper models, or at least did, and JD did do their own.
Posted by: R O'Donnell at August 14, 2015 10:54 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: R O'Donnell at August 14, 2015 10:54 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: Donna &&&&& V.(brandishing ampersands once again) at August 14, 2015 10:54 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 10:54 PM (PF0mN)
How does the worm know what to eat next?
The person who figures this out will obviously become sole owner of the universe.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 14, 2015 10:56 PM (u5gzz)
Some computer stuff really annoys me. I bought a really nice scanner that worked great, had nice features and was very reliable. But it was SCSI and suddenly.... it worked with nothing. The scanner is fine, still works. But its useless all the sudden.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:49 PM (39g3+)
If my mower is Brian Dennehy, he's turning in a rare bad performance.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 10:56 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 10:46 PM (yr/x+)
That reminds me of the Royal Canadian Air Farce (radio, then TV) and their Chicken Cannon. Go to YouTube an search.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:56 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:56 PM (TEpA2)
Yeah I was giving the manufacturer's specs of 8-10. About as reliable as their MPG estimates.
Anyone who's had a cell phone knows how reliable rechargable batteries are and what happens to them over time. The more you use it, the less it holds. Its like having a gas thank that crumples and shrinks each time you fill it.
And of course, their estimates are all based on an empty car: no driver. Each pound of weight you add to the car, the less range you get from the battery. Lots of hidden problems that are there even if by some scientific miracle they come up with a battery that lasts as long as a tank of gas and fills as quickly.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:56 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (ucDmr)
Thanks.
I remember someone telling me a while ago that almost all the consumer grade mowers were built by MTD.
Now that I remember, it was a friend of mine who represented a mower company in a wrongful death suit, and even though it was a "brand" name, it was manufactured by MTD.
Good to know that Honda builds its own.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 14, 2015 10:57 PM (Z7G74)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:42 PM (jR7Wy)
Longsword? English, Italian, or German style?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:57 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (dg8OI)
You only need worry if you can pick up tips without using your hands.
And if that's the case, pics or it...
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 10:57 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 10:58 PM (PF0mN)
God knows it's been damn near two days since the last one.
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 10:52 PM (e+1S5)
Flavored vodka drinker...
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 10:58 PM (TEpA2)
State-school tuition was $3000 for me that year, I believe.
Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2015 10:58 PM (FcR7P)
It is hard to keep-up on an XBox and even harder to "type". You've got my prayers, Chavez.
...and howdy, SMFH.
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 14, 2015 10:58 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: logprof at August 14, 2015 10:59 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:59 PM (10ydV)
Heating, which usually just uses waste heat, has to come straight out of the battery. Unless you live in the perfect temperate zone, you'll either sweat or freeze or pay the price in range.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 14, 2015 10:59 PM (oVJmc)
They really need to wrap that show up.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:59 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:00 PM (ucDmr)
I had a problem with the mower's transmission, some bearings on the blades, and...something else.
I don't know. I guess none of that is technically "the engine". Maybe I just got unlucky.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 11:00 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:45 PM
The 7 month old is a trial, destroying our bedroom carpet if we don't watch her. She will grow up, but we will have to replace the carpet, damn.
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 11:00 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:00 PM (dg8OI)
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DC, weren't (oops, aren't) you a Marine?
I'll always treasure *spit* my brief time on an LPD, on the equator, with little or no A/C, falling asleep to two jarheads across the passageway sharpening their knives and discussing the best way to gut a target.
Better than a lullaby.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:00 PM (jR7Wy)
agreed to go to a concert with her. Brandi Carlile. Question for the
horde: am I going to be surrounded by angry lesbians?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:59 PM (10ydV)
Do you mean Belinda? If so...
Did you like the song "Heaven is a Place on Earth"? If so, you'll be fine for part of it.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:01 PM (TEpA2)
Younis, the father of the Taliban, and Sayyaf, the sponsor of foreign fighters like UBL.
Posted by: admiral marcus at August 14, 2015 11:01 PM (0u/CC)
overthrown by AQ. What was called the Northern Alliance is what was left
of the US supported resistance. And this President is busily throwing
the Northern Alliance under the bus.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Part of the agreement between the parties was that the US would stay out of Afghanistan, so it would remain 'neutral' once the Soviets withdrew.
Al Qaeda during the Soviet-Afghan war was pretty much of a joke. We supplied some arms through Pakistan's ISI (including Stingers). So did the Chinese, and so did Iran.
Bin Laden was a goof, and being a relatively wealthy man, was always being conned by his co-religionists to get his money. A fool and his money....
Al Qaeda was nothing and remained so until they started making some high profile attacks on various targets (with somebody smarter than Bin Laden planning them). They had nothing to do with the first WTC bombing, that was just a bunch of crazies tied in with the MB (Ramzi Yusef - now in a Colorado supermax, the nephew of Khalidi, still in US custody?).
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at August 14, 2015 11:01 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:02 PM (PF0mN)
According to the online inflation calculator I usually use, $5995 in 1980 translates into $17,300 or so today. Roughly, obviously it depends on the product or service. One of the few things that's gone down in price over that time period is gadgets and technology.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:02 PM (39g3+)
No, it's Brandi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandi_Carlile
And she's a lesbian. Shit. I'm gonna get my balls cut off, aren't I?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:02 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 11:02 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 10:59 PM (10ydV)
Yes, so check your white cis-het privilege, you shitlord,
. Posted by: Tumblr SWJ at August 14, 2015 11:03 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:03 PM (dg8OI)
Spastic Lab is coming up on 6 years old in a few days.
Seems only a few days ago she was a tiny pup. Turned into the finest lab I've been owned by yet.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (jeCnD)
I wouldn't think that many, but who knows.
Sounds like she's got a great voice so it's probably good.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (oFCZn)
Naw, just think of the 'ettes and you'll be OK. After all, you've met BBD in person.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (39g3+)
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Krautish. I can Vom Tag and Oberhau like nobody's business.
Well, not right now. Rotator hurts like hell.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:05 PM (dg8OI)
A good way to get an interview cut short when the interviewer wants a long lunch.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 14, 2015 11:05 PM (NaeCR)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:05 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: ALH at August 14, 2015 11:05 PM (Z56vq)
Um, KD Lang called and left a message about the Dixie Chicks.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:06 PM (39g3+)
Well, not right now. Rotator hurts like hell.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (jR7Wy)
Nice. I'm working with an English group here in Colorado. Heading up to WMAW in late September.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:06 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:07 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:07 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 10:18 PM (39g3+)
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The utter stupidity of Bush and his PR team boggles my mind to this day.
Posted by: Margarita who wishes she drank more at August 14, 2015 11:08 PM (cN9Sk)
better than MTD. I have a John, change oil filters, keep it clean. No
problems. And, my yard sucks.
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:05 PM (ucDmr)
My Toro has really done well by me, but I think it's a B and S engine. I need to get the oil filter stat though.
Posted by: Hrothgar SMOD, Come On DOWN! at August 14, 2015 11:10 PM (ftVQq)
Whom did you smite with broadsword?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:07 PM (yr/x+)
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My left shoulder is killing me. I think I just lifted weights incorrectly and pulled something. Not really sure.
I was hoping to take another longsword class in September but my arm is so weak in certain positions/extensions.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:10 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:10 PM (yr/x+)
I wouldn't think that many, but who knows.
Sounds like she's got a great voice so it's probably good.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM (oFCZn)
However many there are they'll probably all be at the concert.
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:10 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 11:11 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Splunge at August 14, 2015 11:11 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:11 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:12 PM (yr/x+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (ucDmr)
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Chavez, what is an "outdoor power retailer?"
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:12 PM (dg8OI)
Good deal, it's been trouble free. Gets maintenanced rigorously, I don't like spending money unnecessarily.
My lawn is only about a six pack big now, but a prick to rake.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 14, 2015 11:13 PM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:06 PM (10ydV)
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This looks so cool!
http://www.wmaw.us/2015/
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:13 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:13 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:06 PM (39g3+)
Heh The Dixie Chicks. Wow talk about career suicide. I guarantee you no matter what they were saying in public there was at least one pissed off bitch backstage screaming at Natalie Maines about how she ruined every ckufing thing ever.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 14, 2015 11:13 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 11:11 PM (e+1S5)
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It's not called the sinister hand for nothing!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:14 PM (jR7Wy)
Active Release Therapy.
activerelease.com
Yes, they're chiropractors but trust me, go. Even if you don't get a chiropractic adjustment ART will work wonders. I'll be happy to give you a recommendation for a place I visit.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:15 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:15 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 14, 2015 11:15 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 10:48 PM (ucDmr)
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Chavez, what is an "outdoor power retailer?"
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:12 PM (dg8OI)
I'm going to guess that its one of those places that specifically deals in mowers, and other lawn equipment/items. As opposed to going to a place like Home Depot.
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:15 PM (zt+N6)
http://www.wmaw.us/2015/
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:13 PM (jR7Wy)
My schedule:
7 Thu 10:30 AM: Armizare 101: Introduction to the Flower of Battle
17 Thu 1:00 PM: The Onion: Basics of European Longsword
17 Thu 5:00 PM: Dueling Knife From Apulia And Sicily: Long Range Dueling
18 Fri 9:00 AM: Persian War Wrestling
18 Fri 1:00 PM: I.33: Fighting With Half-Shield
19 Sat 10:15 AM: Classification of Persian Arms and Armor from the Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar period
19 Sat 12:45 PM: Pietro Monte's Wrestling
19 Sat 2:45 PM: Spanish Sword and Shield
19 Sat 4:45 PM: Military Roots of Italian Martial Arts: The Condotierre and Society 1400-1523
20 Sun 9:30 AM: Offensive Combinations in German Wrestling
20 Sun 1:15 PM: Shamshir and Separ: Persian Sword and Buckler Fencing, Part I
20 Sun 3:15 PM: Close Range Knife Fighting From Canosa In Apulia
20 Sun 5:15 PM: Shamshir and Separ: Persian Sword and Buckler Fencing, Part II -- Close range
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:15 PM (10ydV)
256Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:10 PM (jR7Wy)
Active Release Therapy.
I mastered that in middle school
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:16 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 11:16 PM (gTlHG)
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis
I doubt it. Celebrities like them surround themselves with nothing but toadies and yes-men. See: Sean Penn.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (awspb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (yr/x+)
Please don't fuck this up pixy! it looks normal on my ipad.
No barrel, no barrel, no barrel....STOP
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (e+1S5)
I mastered that in middle school
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:16 PM (LAliD)
So happy for you.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (zt+N6)
Seems only a few days ago she was a tiny pup. Turned into the finest lab I've been owned by yet.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 14, 2015 11:04 PM
Our oldest lab turned 5 yo in Apr. She's a joy. But our 7 month old chocolate lab is just such a lover. Tho much more destructive at this point, of course.
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 11:17 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:18 PM (10ydV)
How dare you sir. Bespeaking ill of my machine.
"Not that I do this, but its worth taking your mower into a repair shop each year for a tuneup"
Never taken the mower in to a shop. Change oil, clean plug every year. Replace belts and gears and spindles as they wear out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:18 PM (PF0mN)
in many ways, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Donna &&&&& V.(brandishing ampersands once again) at August 14, 2015 11:18 PM (+XMAD)
Don't know who here has seen it, but AT&T U-Verse has what I'd consider the germ of a really funny commercial here. IMHO it could have been *much* funnier though; I would have gone full Kentucky Fried Movie with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xG7aTtm_po
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:18 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:19 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:19 PM (ucDmr)
There are push mowers today with key start. Don't know how it works because I don't use push mowers though.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:20 PM (PF0mN)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2015 11:20 PM (08Znv)
I forget where the local SCA rapier crew practices.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:21 PM (yr/x+)
Well that's basically what they do, plus some cleaning for those of us with less time or mechanical inclination. Plus sharpen the blade if you want.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:21 PM (39g3+)
There are push mowers today with key start. Don't know how it works because I don't use push mowers though.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:20 PM (PF0mN)
Yeah, I'm talking push mowers. I hear riding mowers have had keyed starts for quite a long time, and you don't even have to plug them in!
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:21 PM (zt+N6)
Go Bears!
I paid less than $500/quarter for room and board in the co-ops at UC Berkeley.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2015 11:22 PM (Zu3d9)
Been thinking about getting a good ol' fashioned non-electric blade mower lately. Our lawn gardener, who also did numerous other hourses on our block, literally disappeared a few weeks ago and never came back. (Everyone's joking he got deported.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:22 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:22 PM (yr/x+)
Are your labs English or Field?
English are most always really laid back, field labs tend to be much more hyper.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 14, 2015 11:22 PM (jeCnD)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 11:23 PM (gTlHG)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 11:24 PM (gTlHG)
Get the good stuff, put in fuel stabilizers in winter and change the oil & filter. A complete kit from Deere is about $50.
You are good to go.
Good night all.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 14, 2015 11:24 PM (u82oZ)
If the federal NDP wins the election I will blame it on Alberta. And heaven help us all if the NDP does win.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:25 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Donna &&&&& V.(brandishing ampersands once again) at August 14, 2015 11:25 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:25 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:25 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:26 PM (ntObR)
281 Haha grampa remember when you used to be able to pay for the UC just from your wages?
I was making pizzas and I had enough to do it without loans
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:27 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:27 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 14, 2015 11:28 PM (u5gzz)
"Sure, that's 105 pizzas, 25 with anchovies..."
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:28 PM (ntObR)
New taxes, revive the gun registry, and, more socialism?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:28 PM (PF0mN)
Anyone else remember those 3.5" floppy disks? The double-sided versions of them could hold 1.44 megabytes. And the single-sided ones, well, they could be made double-sided just by punching a hole in the right spot.
I actually found a few of those old disks while cleaning out my desk at work last week, in preparation for my transfer to a new department. These disks were my personal property, but I threw them out because there was no point in keeping them since those drives aren't really being made anymore.
That 10MB hard drive is equal to eight of those floppy disks. Eight!
Meanwhile, my PSVita has a memory card that's slightly larger than a fingernail and holds 32 gigabytes. There's also a 64GB version of that card, but it's not officially available in the US. A typical Vita game takes up about 3GB; it would take 3000 of those 10MB hard drives to hold that much data.
Sometimes I just find it sort of mind-boggling the way technology has advanced within my lifetime.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 14, 2015 11:28 PM (wKc1L)
Posted by: wink wink, nudge nudge at August 14, 2015 11:28 PM (awspb)
Am wondering what's the best light meter to get.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:27 PM (ntObR)
Check out dpreview.com
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:29 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:29 PM (LAliD)
When I was a kid we had an English Springer Spaniel that was crazy. It bit everyone all the time, but my mother refused to put it down.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2015 11:29 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:30 PM (dg8OI)
Yes! Floppy disks were once floppy!
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:30 PM (TEpA2)
See?!
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 11:31 PM (gTlHG)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 14, 2015 11:31 PM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:28 PM (PF0mN)
Canada will go down the drain.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:31 PM (TEpA2)
And wow, a 10mg hard drive.
The first external hard drive I bought (in 1993), to go with my Macintosh Plus, was a CMS 40mg. Cost me about $300 as I recall. Thought I was really smokin'.
I also blew the bucks for a day-of-release copy on VHS of "Back to the Future" in 1986. Got it at Federated Group in Cerritos for the low low cost of $65.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:31 PM (ntObR)
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Yes, please! I'm a wuss and moderate discomfort = intense pain.
And you had to know that phrase was low hangin' fruit to the Horde.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:32 PM (jR7Wy)
304 In an interesting juxtaposition, something else that used to be hard is now floppy.
That's one of them UC jokes with big fancy words
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:32 PM (LAliD)
Alot worse. They're the Cynthia McKinney party here.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 11:32 PM (gTlHG)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 14, 2015 11:32 PM (Lqy/e)
Wanna be shocked? Take a look at out of state tuition for UCB and UCLA. About as much as the Ivy League.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2015 11:33 PM (Zu3d9)
I've used the Honda powered Black Max for about 5 years now...runs great. It's self-propelled, rear bagger, with the side chute if you decide to forgo bagging certain parts of the yard. I've also got a Cub Cadet 50 inch cut ZTR powered by a 675 cc Kawasaki engine that enables one to cut the major portions of the property while smoking a fine cigar. Sweet!
Posted by: Sixkiller at August 14, 2015 11:34 PM (hRytD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:34 PM (PF0mN)
And you had to know that phrase was low hangin' fruit to the Horde.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:32 PM (jR7Wy)
Email me at linseyziq at hotmail
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:34 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Donna &&&&& V.(brandishing ampersands once again) at August 14, 2015 11:34 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2015 11:32 PM (gTlHG)
They slap the police that protect Parliament?
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:36 PM (zt+N6)
Our first computer , a Compaq, had no hard drive, had 2 floppy drives, an 8086 processor and a green graphics monitor and cost through an employee purchase program about $3500. 1983
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 14, 2015 11:36 PM (x/g/g)
Papa Vendette is a professional photographer and loves the Digital Photography Review website.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:36 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Donna V.
HAH! That's crazy.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2015 11:36 PM (ZCFje)
313 Well all those scholarships for illegals aren't gonna pay for themselves...
Look, if we don't provide the environment for success that we experienced (a UC education paid for by wages) haven't we committed generational theft?
CA boomers and sjw's have made this a shit state to grow up in
Posted by: MAx at August 14, 2015 11:37 PM (LAliD)
He wrote a book, 'The Cuckoo's Egg', which is the only book I recall being literally unable to put down without finishing it. Stayed up all night reading.
Anyone else ever read the book?
Posted by: I am NOT a nerd at August 14, 2015 11:38 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:38 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:34 PM (PF0mN)
I am afraid that because Alberta elected the socialists as a result of being pissed off at the ruling right-of-center government, who split votes with the further-right-of-center-government, that the rest of Canada thinks that the socialists are just fine. They're not.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:38 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:38 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: irongrampa at August 14, 2015 11:22 PM
Bailey the older one is Field/American. Kahlua is half English and half Field/American.
Kahlua is just a pup. She's actually more mellow than Bailey was at this age. What you've said sounds right.
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 11:40 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 14, 2015 11:40 PM (u5gzz)
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I HATE you.
That is all.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:40 PM (9mTYi)
When the dog was old and decrepit and needed to be put down, the vet asked my dad if he wanted to leave the room while the vet did it.
My dad's answer was, "nope...I want to watch!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2015 11:40 PM (Zu3d9)
We put a set of Christmas bells on the kitchen door handles that Liz will bump with her nose until you let her out--or in.
I'm just thankful that pups lose those little needles they call teeth, otherwise there'd be no dogs in my life.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 14, 2015 11:41 PM (jeCnD)
Herding dogs like Aussie Shepherds seem really nice too, but very protective and territorial, which can be a problem for visitors.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (39g3+)
yeah when I bought my car the sales guy said that very few buy with cash any more, maybe only 10%
the rest finance it
Posted by: chemjeff at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (2XMpf)
We need to get a new lawnmower. I've only ever used hand-me-down mowers, so I don't know what to expect out of a mower. We have just under an acre of very unmanicured yard -- pasture grass, weeds, tree seedlings, fallen branches, rocks, etc. I also have a few square feet of actual lawn grass.
Just under an Acre??! You do NOT want just a push mower. You want a rider. A lawn tractor.
Unless you plan on having a big garden, then you want a garden tractor, the difference being a garden tractor has a PTO on the back that you can attach lawn and garden tools to.
Learn from the mistakes of a city boy who moved out and went to Screw U to learn this...
Don't go bottom end and get a manual shift tractor, get one with the hydrostatic trans. It will make you life easier, and you will be happier.
Don't get a three blade mower deck, there are more moving parts to wear out and longer belts, which stretch out faster. Get a 42 to 46 2blade deck.
15hp wont cut it, get a 2 cylinder 20+hp motor. I've had no problem with Briggs, except they are louder than Honda.
For God's sake, find the rocks and move them!
Oh, rule of pinky applies for sticks. If the base is larger than your pinky, you don't want to run over it with the mower, or you'll be sharpening your blades monthly.
Estimated cost 1500 that's how much I paid for my Cub Cadet. My first JD Sabre was 1k, and maintenance was higher and the trans made doing the lawn a pain.
Hope that helps.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (XmOA9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (9mTYi)
drum roll please
$626.
At the now 10th best University in the World.
I had a State Scholarship, which paid for it.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 14, 2015 11:44 PM (ucDmr)
Nine. Dollars.
The access time on those is getting so fast that's the next wave in storage: solid state on your system, no drives at all.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:44 PM (39g3+)
Don't know if you want analog or digital though, or for that matter, even a spot-meter.
So, check out some photography forums, or just some Bing searches & reviews.
Oh, and if you're going to really learn to master a handheld reflected light meter, then your camera bag is not complete if it lacks a Kodak 18% Grey Card for consistent meter readings.
And if you're going to play with a handheld light meter, then take the deep dive, and begin to learn The Zone System for Black & White photography. It's intended for film and chemical processing, but what you'll learn will definitely serve you well for any digital photography you'll pursue.
Photography is a lot like big league sports. The Fundamentals, and the mastery thereof, determine how well you play the game.
Practice. Practice. Practice.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2015 11:44 PM (McRlu)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:45 PM (dg8OI)
Elections? Results?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (PF0mN)
Hoping Canada has enough sense.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:45 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:45 PM (dg8OI)
Have fun!!!
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:45 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 10:42 PM (jR7Wy)
Eris, you, SMFH, Gushie & I need to go destroy some poor unsuspecting bar.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L0618)
I think they make decent money and I see plenty of drivers wanted signs on the freeway.
Posted by: extra at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (XmIc9)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (EARfr)
Thanks for the info. I admit if I'm ever a director I'll probably be relying a lot of my cinematographers and lighting people, because it seems to me like a lot of that stuff ends up sounding counter-intuitive.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: DC in River City at August 14, 2015 11:47 PM (e+1S5)
The boobs are not calm
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:47 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM (9mTYi)
Newegg has a Western Digital Internal 1 TB for 51.99. $48.99 with a Promo code, and Free shipping.
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:47 PM (zt+N6)
He wrote a book, 'The Cuckoo's Egg', which is the only book I recall being literally unable to put down without finishing it. Stayed up all night reading.
Anyone else ever read the book?
Posted by: I am NOT a nerd at August 14, 2015 11:38 PM (9mTYi)
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I did, ages ago. Great book. Hey, didn't Nova do a piece on him years ago?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:48 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:48 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 11:48 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at August 14, 2015 11:49 PM (EARfr)
www.unfilmschool.com
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:50 PM (ntObR)
And I will tell you, having dug gardens by hand and have used garden tillers... a tractor with a tiller beats it all.
Alternately, you can have the guy down the road do it for you. and keep the push mower for doing the 1/5 acre around the house that you keep watered for a firebreak.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2015 11:50 PM (3pRHP)
I forget where the local SCA rapier crew practices.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2015 11:21 PM (yr/x+)
Never much of a fan of SCA combat. But I really do want to do some in depth study of rapier at some point.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:50 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:51 PM (9mTYi)
Actually caring for your lawn and watering is sooo 20th century. Astroturf is in!!
The City of Irvine, in good ol' Orange County California, actually replaced a lot of their public park grass with it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:51 PM (ntObR)
Don't like "auto" riders. Don't like hydro tractors. Just me. Don't go three-blade deck.
I chew up sticks and such all the time thus I get the severe duty blades. They are bigger, heavier than the regular blades.
Blade change every half-year. Oil once a year. Filters the same. Belts about every 2-4 depending.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:51 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061
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Concur fucking ALPHA!
This is why we need to do Vegas.
There's always the victory party in NOLA.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:51 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:52 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061
Best wishes to that establishment.
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:52 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 14, 2015 11:52 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 11:52 PM (zyIlW)
The boobs are not calm
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:47 PM (39g3+)
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The Breastworks have been breached!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:53 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Chi at August 14, 2015 11:53 PM (BOSlc)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Who's a trendsetter? This guy!
Posted by: Mike Brady at August 14, 2015 11:53 PM (awspb)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 11:53 PM (zyIlW)
My dad's answer was, "nope...I want to watch!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 14, 2015 11:40 PM
When our last old dog was on his last legs I called the vet to come to our house, as Bozo was terrified of going to the vet and I didn't want that to be his last experience on this planet.
It cost a few bucks more, but worked out well. We were able to say goodbye in our home. I said goodbye w/ tears in my eyes.
I felt much better than hauling him to the vet's where he would have felt traumatized.
Posted by: Farmer at August 14, 2015 11:54 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 11:54 PM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:54 PM (PF0mN)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Dunno, but sorry if I missed. The guy was, of course, obsessive, and nutty. He put me in mind of several nerd acquaintances.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:54 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 11:54 PM (zyIlW)
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I did the same thing.
F*ck..., that is a hard thing to do.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:55 PM (9mTYi)
So where did the "throwing the flag" stuff come from? Seems like the most... effeminate way to give a penalty anyone could come up with.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:56 PM (ntObR)
we be in a heep of trouble til the real ont gets back.
this is a new moon you know!
trump/smod
I learned it here.
Posted by: heep of trouble at August 14, 2015 11:56 PM (bvf9e)
Ricardo, I'm a married lady. I have a date every night.
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:57 PM (dg8OI)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Yes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:57 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Vendette at August 14, 2015 11:52 PM (TEpA2)
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I had a great time at the last NoVaMoMee, but I'll admit, I was a bit disappointed that we didn't get into a donnybrook with drunken frat boys or crash a bachelorette party. Nobody flew backwards through a bar window holding a pool cue, or woke up with an ewok tattoo, or found a kilt hanging from the hotel lobby chandelier.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:57 PM (jR7Wy)
So where did the "throwing the flag" stuff come from? Seems like the most... effeminate way to give a penalty anyone could come up with.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:56 PM (ntObR
*Holds up a Yellow card*
Posted by: Prancing Soccer Ref at August 14, 2015 11:57 PM (zt+N6)
Yeah but at some point you bend the spindle hitting too big of a stick, then you have to remove the belts, remove the deck, remove the spindle/bearing housing, and.....
It's a pain. I now walk around and collect the bigger sticks for the fire pit.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 14, 2015 11:58 PM (XmOA9)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 14, 2015 11:58 PM (PF0mN)
Ricardo, I'm a married lady. I have a date every night.
Posted by: Mindy at August 14, 2015 11:57 PM (dg8OI)
That's got to upset your husband.
Posted by: buzzion at August 14, 2015 11:58 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: content was never your problem at August 14, 2015 11:58 PM (bvf9e)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061
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Best wishes to that establishment.
Posted by: Vendette
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If there were even a hint that you'd go to, I'd start the croudfunding page.
Dinner, drinks and all. Bail included.
Posted by: Chi at August 14, 2015 11:59 PM (BOSlc)
Remember. Film is just still photography, done twenty-four times per second. Video is thirty-per second.
The same "basic photography" rules apply, as to exposure range, saturation (be it B&W or color), light, shadow and composition.
The skills to make a beautiful still composition, readily translate to motion picture production.
Remember the "caricature" of the classic neurotic Hollywood director, who always had that lens and eyepiece on a neck lanyard? It's for establishing the "framing" of a scene, one element at a time. Those are still-photography basics, carried over to video. Learn to think in "still" composition, then it's easier to make those artfully framed scenes translate into motion.
Basics and Fundamentals. Practice!
Good luck, and have fun too!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2015 11:59 PM (McRlu)
"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 14, 2015 11:59 PM (ntObR)
Boobs are a wondrous and magical thing to me, and I'd really hate to see them become some boring, mundane thing you see every day while walking down the street.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:00 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:51 PM (9mTYi)
I have Daddy's Exacta, with all the lenses. Unfortunately the light meter died.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:00 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: shooter at August 15, 2015 12:00 AM (bvf9e)
Kubrick is my guide. He started up as a great still photographer for LOOK Magazine in the late 1940s/early 1950s.
Even then his stuff had an incredible bigger-than-life kind of feel to it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 15, 2015 12:01 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: zeera at August 15, 2015 12:01 AM (/nRA7)
That right there is why my current and best ever lab might just be my last.
Dogs last just long enough to become part of the family, and I don't know how many more put-downs I have left in me.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 12:01 AM (XmOA9)
Boobs are a wondrous and magical thing to me, and I'd really hate to see them become some boring, mundane thing you see every day while walking down the street.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:00 AM (wKc1L)
"Titties are really important. Titties make you get really quiet"
https://youtu.be/SgyeshD8RJY
Posted by: buzzion at August 15, 2015 12:01 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:02 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:51 PM (jR7Wy)
Ooooooo, I really enjoyed NOLA. I'd go back!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:02 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:03 AM (PF0mN)
drum roll please
$626.
At the now 10th best University in the World.
I had a State Scholarship, which paid for it.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 14, 2015 11:42 PM
Hmm, I recall mine in 1973-77 was a bit more in IL. What state where you in?
I'll dig it out, those records are downstairs and I need to clean that stuff out.
Posted by: Farmer at August 15, 2015 12:03 AM (o/90i)
We have some hungry players.
Nice to see after years of scrubs just looking for a paycheck.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:03 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 15, 2015 12:03 AM (ntObR)
I have no idea if it's 10% or 60% and if a tuner can do 10 a week or 100 a week. There's no right answer for these questions, the right answer is showing the thought process.
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:04 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: buzzion at August 15, 2015 12:04 AM (zt+N6)
I would have no problems with my Raiders coming to San Antonio.
Fuck L.A. if they can't stay in Oaktown.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:04 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 15, 2015 12:05 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 14, 2015 11:57 PM (jR7Wy)
THIS is what I had in mind. I'm guessing SMFH is on board.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:06 AM (Vm8WO)
Have one. Luckily I also have two antique 3-blade Wheel Horses to take up the slack while it's in the shop. Other than that it's a fine machine, although a 2-blade leaves a groove in the grass when you turn, same as the 3-blade.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:06 AM (xq1UY)
I'm planning on another Mardi Gras in NOLA in Feb.
Makes me giggle my ass off to have my sis and certain fellow 'ettes here to school her.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:06 AM (zyIlW)
Extremely smaller market. A-Dome is 25 years old. I think they're just playing fools against others.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:07 AM (PF0mN)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:02 AM (wKc1L)
Well apparently they want to do it again. The Raiders, Rams, and Chargers are all possible teams in Roger Goodell's "I must have a team in LA" obsession.
Posted by: buzzion at August 15, 2015 12:07 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:07 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 15, 2015 12:07 AM (Lqy/e)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/632217645924921344
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/632219634188480512
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/632219787511238656
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/632219938518900736
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/632220089056555008
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2015 12:07 AM (GrXXa)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
No, video is closer to 120 fps.
That's the reason the first 'videos' seemed so hot under film lighting.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 15, 2015 12:08 AM (ZCFje)
SHUN THE HERETIC!!!
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:09 AM (e+1S5)
L.A. is not a football city.
Yeah, we did ok (SB XVIII), but L.A. pretty much sucks even more now.
If my Raiders cannot stay in Oakland, then they need to look somewhere else.
But seriously, fuck L.A.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:09 AM (zyIlW)
-Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061)
Where I come from, that is the start of a "Tour".
Even I would pay an entry fee to see that.
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 12:10 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:10 AM (9mTYi)
I'd assume there's a lot of them, but still...
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 15, 2015 12:03 AM (
No clue. We got all dressed up & had dinner @ Commander's Palace. It was awesome. Then we changed back into shorts & tank tops & got flashed on Bourbon St
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:10 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: El Jefe HEB Boosh at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (awspb)
that Kayla Mueller kept by ISIS leader as a sex slave story really bothers me.
Is this the fate of American Women in our 'new era'
Posted by: Jake at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (cg1d0)
I'm planning on another Mardi Gras in NOLA in Feb.
Makes me giggle my ass off to have my sis and certain fellow 'ettes here to school her.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:06 AM (zyIlW)
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I've been in NOLA twice for the WWII conference at the museum. Never been there for Mardi Gras. SO tempting. So much good food, and there's a bar devoted to absinthe!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (0LHZx)
Nine. Dollars.
The access time on those is getting so fast that's the next wave in storage: solid state on your system, no drives at all.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 14, 2015 11:44 PM (39g3+)
Best Buy has internal SSD starting at $55 for 120GB. A 1TB costs $500, but that will probably a lot less by next summer.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (Z7G74)
Still, L.A. has been home to three of today's NFL teams, and all of them moved on to greener pastures.
Get a clue, L.A.; you are not a football town. Stop trying to force the NFL to put a team there. And, NFL? Don't try to go back there. That would be like me taking a job in Damascus right now.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: RKae at August 14, 2015 10:39 PM (erO8I)
___________________#American Lives Matter We could rush the podiums, have tee shirts, protest, shout people down.
Posted by: gracepc at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (DMQhB)
Makes the same 1700.00 dollars a month(plus commision)
and takes care of a family of 4 (Iam 2 +cats)
commision will be postponded 1 pay check(corporate bullshit)
I stepped in it's back to school things need to be right.
life is really hard and I will take her to costco but man o man
other than this web Idon't venture very far out of the danger Zone.
Other than this web site I would never devolve tis than fly to the moon.
You people expose both the worst and the best in humanity.
Posted by: lent my costco out at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (bvf9e)
Hi.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 14, 2015 11:54 PM (zyIlW)
Subtlety, thy name is SMFH......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (EzgxV)
Definitely go with gas power for that much lawn. Get as much horsepower as you can afford. Also consider the weight of the carriage. I recommend zero radius turn front wheels so that you do not have to llift the front end of the carriage at the end of each pass. Make sure you push it around in the store to make sure it fits you.
And, yes, get it at a power equipment dealer. Buy a tried and true model that is easy to maintain. With that large of a lawn, you will probably at least need a beginning and mid season tuneup and blade sharpening. It's not a bad idea to have a sharpened blade ready to go. A dull mower blade makes the best mowers seem awful, and they bruise the grass blades and cause an uneven cut. The mower needs winterizing, and fresh fuel put in on spring's first use.
Otherwise buy a nice JD rider!
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (1/hKC)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (zyIlW)
I go Rams. They have an L.A. history. Chargers are S.D. Raiders? I don't think anyone cares where they play.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (PF0mN)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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I agree. They distract from the socialization process, and add little, perhaps distract from, the reasoning process.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (9mTYi)
Working on The Hobbit, supposedly Peter Jackson tried some high frame rates per second, like 48.
Supposedly if you take IMAX images photographed at a high frame rate and project them properly, oftentimes the audience actually can't tell whether they're watching film, video, or live actors.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 15, 2015 12:12 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:13 AM (zyIlW)
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I did the same thing.
F*ck..., that is a hard thing to do.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2015 11:55
Tough thing to do. I said goodbye to Bozo and had to walk away as I started crying like a baby. But he was at home and not at the vets where he hated.
Posted by: Farmer at August 15, 2015 12:13 AM (o/90i)
-Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061)
Where I come from, that is the start of a "Tour".
Even I would pay an entry fee to see that.
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 12:10 AM (OQ9R7)
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Sounds like Olongapo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:13 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (wKc1L)
Damascus you say? I bet holding 2 games a year there could really open that market up to us!
Posted by: Roger Goodell at August 15, 2015 12:13 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:13 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:14 AM (zyIlW)
I want to re-aquire a copy of my first 35mm rig. Kodak Retina IIc, (small "c"), with the 50mm f/2.8 Schneider-Kreusach lens.
I'll happily pay to get a full service on it, especially to clean, lube and re-align the rangefinder system.
Don't let the "Kodak" name fool you. It was a West German made masterpiece of the era, with a Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, featuring "X" synch all the way to 1/500th sec. And had a wide angle and short telephoto lens available for the interchangeable front lens element system.
In that the lens and shutter collapsed into the body under a "barn door" hard cover, it was a very briefcase-friendly camera, too.
Give me that and a brick of Plux X Pan, and I never needed a light meter. Just got to where I could read the light by eye, and never be off more than a half-stop, too.
And now I'm missing Dektol, D-76 and all the other soups of yore.
Just what I need, another expensive hobby. *groan*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 15, 2015 12:14 AM (McRlu)
I've never had a better cold-start small engine than the mowers and pressure-washers from Honda.
Change the oil and start them a few times over the Winter and you're freaking Golden.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:15 AM (OQ9R7)
Problem: Cougar goes to sleep before I do, because
Solution: use wireless headphones that I use whilst running to connect to tv, mute tv speakers. Yay, mindless entertainment!
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:16 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:16 AM (PF0mN)
Posted by: fag beard at August 15, 2015 12:16 AM (bvf9e)
Posted by: Dave (in MA) at August 15, 2015 12:16 AM (ymbWD)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:17 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Jake at August 15, 2015 12:17 AM (cg1d0)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:17 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Farmer
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When the vet showed up, I paid her in advance, and told her I would not be able to see her out. She was very understanding.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:18 AM (9mTYi)
NRO's dream ticket - Kasich/Rubio.
It's like amensty/open borders squared.
Thank you baby Jesus for Mr. Trump or we would have been stuck with these GOPe losers AGAIN!!!!
Posted by: prescient11 at August 15, 2015 12:18 AM (VMZsK)
I'm planning on another Mardi Gras in NOLA in Feb.
Makes me giggle my ass off to have my sis and certain fellow 'ettes here to school her.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:
I thought locals avoided the late, touristy stuff cause its amateur hour. Plus super expensive
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:18 AM (Vm8WO)
Reach the age of 30 without:
Debt
Unplanned Children/Support Obligations
Felonies or DUI
Addictions
Dysfunctional Relationships (Look in the mirror asshole)
And you will have the foundation for a pretty satisfying life. And remember: YOU are no exception to the rule, Snowflake.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:19 AM (1/hKC)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:19 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:19 AM (PF0mN)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:19 AM (zyIlW)
I'm just gonna delete the second "got" from that in my head.
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:20 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:20 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH
This is his year!
Posted by: Trump 2016 and Go Cubbies! at August 15, 2015 12:20 AM (awspb)
I've never had a better cold-start small engine than the mowers and pressure-washers from Honda.
Change the oil and start them a few times over the Winter and you're freaking Golden.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:15 AM (OQ9R7)
I second that.
A little pricier, but all of my Honda equipment is incredibly reliable and those engines can handle a lot of abuse and neglect and still start first or second pull every time
Posted by: mynewhandle at August 15, 2015 12:20 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:21 AM (wKc1L)
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Not surprised. Most go to college because Mommy and Daddy are paying for it. It is party time until Mommy and Daddy stop footing the bill then they gotta get some bullshit degree. Those that are out in four years know what they want before they start. These folks usually go into a STEM field.
This idea that college is for everyone is a cruel myth that really has hurt people by wasting the time and money of those that either cannot handle college level work or wish areas where college is not needed.
I see this all the time with nursing students. At my institution nursing students need B- grades in chemistry and several biology courses to gain entry into the nursing program their junior year. Those that do not get in are now stuck; they have done two years of college with not enough of anything to finish in two years. 'Course you tell them less FaceTime and more textbook but it goes in one ear and out the other . . . A fact I always make a point in telling them when they are in my office crying that their lives are over because the nursing program will never take their D- in chemistry.
We really should start funneling kids into professions/areas of study their senior year of high school. The trade schools would love it. The universities would howl; their tuition cash cow would evaporate overnight.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 12:21 AM (O3k74)
When we took down the old place, I found several mowers in the basement. One was a McCulloch two-stroke reel mower, and it had to have been down there 45 years. I lubed the cylinder, sprayed the carb, cleaned the plug. First. Pull.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:21 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:22 AM (0LHZx)
I'm good on 3/5. Batting .600, that's fucking amazing. Cooperstown, here I come!
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:23 AM (e+1S5)
You opened the can of worms @ 432.
To say she's a Raiders fan is like saying the horde is a boobies fan.
Posted by: Chi at August 15, 2015 12:23 AM (BOSlc)
Briggs. Stratton.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:23 AM (PF0mN)
It's just not a football town, for whatever reason.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:23 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac
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At this point, I wish he was still pulling the strings......
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I have a neighbor who's lawn looks like a putting green. He swears by Honda lawn mowers.
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You guys must be special, I didn't get my first computer until 2000 and it was a used laptop!
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We have about 4-5 professional full time photographers that live in my neighborhood. My husband is also pretty into photography to the tune of, he could have bought a car instead. He says Sekonic for a good light meter.
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 12:24 AM (xVgrA)
Briggs. Stratton.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:23 AM (PF0mN)
I have a 30+ year old snow blower with an old Kohler in it, engine is a champ.
My experience with newer Kohler or Briggs engines has not been as good.
Posted by: mynewhandle at August 15, 2015 12:24 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:24 AM (PF0mN)
Posted by: The Man from Athens
But it's done wonders for us.
Posted by: Teachers' Union and college administrators at August 15, 2015 12:24 AM (awspb)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:25 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:20 AM
Yeah, actually I DID flash someone.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (1/hKC)
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (3pRHP)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (zyIlW)
Yeah, actually I DID flash someone.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (Vm8WO)
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Did it leave a silhouette on the building like a nuclear explosion?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (Vm8WO)
*Revives the Moron Horde*
Posted by: Vendette at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (TEpA2)
I'd like to think it was me, but I just hate NOLA and swore I would never return. *sigh*
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (zyIlW)
I never a fan of Kohler. Always wanted a Briggs. We have welders run off of Kohlers and they wear your ass out. Once you get it going, it's great. It's just getting it going that kicks you in the ass.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:28 AM (PF0mN)
5 years ago when I moved into the new house I bought both a mower and snowblower. The mower is a Honda, used say 25 times a year. Never had an issue, starts on the first pull each time. And I use it for both the nice lawn and the shitty weedy, crap around my property that gets all dusty, grimy, etc.
At the same time I bought a Sears brand blower. I use it maybe 10 times a winter. By winter #3 it was already falling apart, making weird noises, took forever to start. I've taken in it for repairs 3 times. It got fixed and it works fine and since I don't use it that much, I'll keep it, but if/when I ever get a new one, Honda it is.
Of course the Sears version was much cheaper than a comparable Honda, but as always, you get what you paid for.
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:28 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:29 AM (Vm8WO)
14 million whats?
Posted by: Green Bay, WI at August 15, 2015 12:29 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:29 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:30 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:31 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:31 AM (zyIlW)
Wanna know something weird? The Cubs are really close in the Wildcard... could this be the year the Cubs, Trump, and the Raiders win it all? Have stranger things happened?
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at August 15, 2015 12:32 AM (xetep)
Posted by: Green Bay, WI at August 15, 2015 12:29 AM (FcR7P)
___________
Mexicans like footbal as well as futbol.
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:32 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
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I knew that I recognized that pudding cup from somewhere!
Posted by: Chi at August 15, 2015 12:32 AM (BOSlc)
Reach the age of 30 without:
Debt
Unplanned Children/Support Obligations
Felonies or DUI
Addictions
Dysfunctional Relationships (Look in the mirror asshole)
And you will have the foundation for a pretty satisfying life. And remember: YOU are no exception to the rule, Snowflake.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:19 AM (1/hKC)
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The dysfunctional relationships will kill you every time. They usually allow you easy access to trouble in the other areas you mentioned. You gonna buy a house with someone they better have your ring on their finger or you will get screwed big time. Not that divorce is peachy but you both have legal standing and Mr. Right cannot just walk away with a blonde bimbo leaving you holding the bag.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 12:32 AM (O3k74)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM (jR7Wy)
Just his retinas. He gave me ALL his beads. Long story, but it was the guy next to me on the balcony, som hopefully it didnt make it into any of the surveillance camerss
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:32 AM (Vm8WO)
Extremely smaller market. A-Dome is 25 years old. I think they're just playing fools against others.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:07 AM (PF0mN)
San Antonio will build a new stadium for the Chargers or Raiders, but they will use the A-Dome until it is built. Even the A-Dome would be an upgrade over SD and Oak's stadia.
Hell, there is even talk that the Raiders might go to St. Louis and play in the James Dome until a new stadium is built while the Rams go to LA to play in either the Coliseum or Rose Bowl until the new stadium there is finished.
I cannot see the NFL letting 2 teams from the same division being in the same city since both CBS and FOX will want to have a game each week featuring a team from LA. It will probably be the Chargers and Rams in LA with the Raiders going to STL or SA.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 15, 2015 12:32 AM (Z7G74)
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So..., no front panel switches, or decoding led binary output, huh?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:33 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 15, 2015 12:33 AM (XAFOu)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 15, 2015 12:33 AM (PF0mN)
Past being sick of the "all college is BS" line, just numb to it now. It is whatever you say, I suppose. But a certain number of people in a given population should know Old English, and Greek philosophy, and medieval history, and art criticism. Less than we're getting now, at public expense? Sure you betcha. We have poisoned the well. Sensible folk like those here do not want to hear an opinion based on those fields of study, unless it's coming from a former student of them who posts here regularly (and we have some of each, upon whom you are calling hell fire.)
Some day the nation will need the knowledge from those fields, and we will lack it. We are now finding the same lessons to be true in what we thought were the unassailably non-political fields of science, engineering, and mathematics. The people who are trying to destroy you are able to buy STEM on the market.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:33 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061
Posted by: Vendette at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (TEpA2)
Dogs last just long enough to become part of the family, and I don't know how many more put-downs I have left in me.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 12:01 AM
I understand completely. We stopped w/ pets in our 40s as we thought that would interfere w/ travel.
Just had a stray cat adopt us and now we have the cat and 2 dogs.
Don't know how long we will keep pets around, but I'm sure they are beneficial. They keep us moving when we would be sedentary.
Posted by: Farmer at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Farmer
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When the vet showed up, I paid her in advance, and told her I would not be able to see her out. She was very understanding.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:18 AM (9mTYi)
That, there, is operating like a boss. Got it mapped out in advance and spending time wisely. Your dog was fortunate.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (zyIlW)
I'm good on 3/5. Batting .600, that's fucking amazing. Cooperstown, here I come!
Only .400 for me. My knowledge is that earned by a fool.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (1/hKC)
When my current Sheltie, (9 y.o.), is in that same situation, I'm going to have to be there.
"Growing-Up" at forty-four years of age is something, I suppose.
I fear that process. I hate that process.
I can avoid it no longer. This time will be up to me. I'm going to have to "stand-in" and take the fastball to the chest.
Watching my best friends bury their Mother last year has tempered my resolve. Their honorable and steadfast Faith made me realize that tears and tragedy go hand-in-hand.
What you do from that point forward honors their memory.
I lost a couple of dogs. They lost the Matriarch of their close-knit clan.
--Time to find that Strength and move forward when that time comes.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:27 AM
I'm down for San Antonio, I want to see the river walk. Always good to see new places.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: The Man from Athens
But it's done wonders for us.
Posted by: Teachers' Union and college administrators at August 15, 2015 12:24 AM (awspb)
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Whether they learn or not I still get paid!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (O3k74)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:35 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:26 AM (Vm8WO)
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PICTURES!!!!!!! . . . please
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 12:35 AM (O3k74)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:36 AM (zyIlW)
The Rams were pretty shitty in the 80s and 90s before they left for St Louis.
It's LA where there are 1000 other things to do. In Green Bay the Packers are about the only event in town. Good or bad year, people will stay interested. In LA, if you're not winning, people will go to the next hot thing.
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:37 AM (0LHZx)
We stayed at the Omni, which was awesome.
The depletion of my bank account, not so much, but it was worth it.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:37 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:37 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:38 AM (OQ9R7)
After they beat us last season like a red-headed stepchild 52-0, yeah...fuck them.
I know this is just preseason, but I'm seeing shit from my Raiders I haven't seen in over a decade.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:39 AM (zyIlW)
You got my email addy?
Yeah, sorry, I'm still not on a routine. I work, do chores, go sleepies. Repeat. Plus my sister decided to be a greedy scrunt & demands to bd bought at current market value. In stressing cause I gotta get converted to permanent & then try to get a mortgage, & get the bad leak fixed before El Niño kicks my ass.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:39 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:39 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:39 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:40 AM (zyIlW)
Yup. The primary relationship is most important. If that is bad, the others come looking for you. We pair off into those bad relationships when we are young and stupid thinking that things will just work out. They don't. And not many are willing to entertain input on those choices.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:41 AM (1/hKC)
I'm good on 3/5. Batting .600, that's fucking amazing. Cooperstown, here I come!
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:23 AM (e+1S5)
The only one of those that I haven't met is the debt part, and by the end of the year I hope to change that.
What I've noticed is that people often don't just fuck up with one, they fuck up with all of them. Dysfunctional relationships lead to bad choices like drinking and driving, poor spending habits, etc.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 15, 2015 12:42 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:28 AM (0LHZx)
Yeah, I get that. I don't have a problem with Briggs engines, but they are louder. If we were comparing equal products with just different engines, I don't know that Honda would be worth the premium, but that's not how it works.
Seems like every component of a Honda is just one tiny level better than a big-box brand X is.
Added up it makes a difference.
Having said that, I'm working on year 18 of a Ryobi weed wacker/ whatever else you can put on the end of the shaft. I'll probably go back to that when it finally shits it's piston.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 12:42 AM (XmOA9)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 15, 2015 12:42 AM (XAFOu)
You KNOW you have to be there too.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:35 AM (zyIlW)
*Perks up*
Posted by: Vendette at August 15, 2015 12:43 AM (TEpA2)
Cougar and I were just talking about SA. That will probably be our next vacation. Sometime in 2016, maybe. I'm still pissed I didn't get the job there last year.
Posted by: DC in River City at August 15, 2015 12:43 AM (e+1S5)
Oh, the best website to buy cameras & accessories is B&H based in NY. bhphotovideo.com
Best prices and a HUGE selection.
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 12:43 AM (xVgrA)
When a woman talks that much baseball, you melt.
When you find out that she's married, you solidify.
When you hear that she may meet-up with other 'Ettes and take-over a bar, you "crank-one-out" and ask where the tickets are sold.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:43 AM (OQ9R7)
You could always get almost-the-best and almost-the-worst in their lawn product line, and some other departments too. Cheap sells, and 90% of the Briggs motors you'll ever see are their cheapest economy line, corner-cut to meet some merchandiser's bid. Their bigger motors are perfectly OK.
Know what started great? A Wisconsin V-4 with a crank and pawl. Which was good, because if you got the magneto wrong it would break your wrist.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 12:35 AM (O3k74)
There were no pics, & I did it in a manner that pretty much only the guy I flashed I could see.
And there will never be nekkid pics. I don't mess around like that. I cut the bra selfie a off at the neck. My head never gets in the picture.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (Vm8WO)
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"Your beads -- giff zem to me!" -- Terminatrix
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (OQ9R7)
And I gotta go early tonight everyone. Have a great weekend. Thanks for the great chat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 15, 2015 12:45 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:45 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Farmer
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When the vet showed up, I paid her in advance, and told her I would not be able to see her out. She was very understanding.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:18 AM
Mike Hammer, you just make a lot of sense to me. Be well.
Posted by: Farmer at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Voter with Six Obamaphones at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (Kucy5)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (0LHZx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygFrorziMII
Good night, everyone!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:47 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:47 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 14, 2015 11:46 PM (L061
Posted by: Vendette at August 15, 2015 12:34 AM (TEpA2)
I really like you and appreciate you as a person and think you are all sorts of swell....but you know as well as I do that you'd apologize for it afterwards.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 12:47 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:47 AM (9mTYi)
You KNOW you have to be there too.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:35 AM (zyIlW)
***
FINALLY! Awesome.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 12:47 AM (cygkw)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:47 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 15, 2015 12:42 AM (10ydV)
"But. But. You can't tell me what to do. You're being all judgey and shit."
Have it your way.
Posted by: Life at August 15, 2015 12:48 AM (1/hKC)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:48 AM (zyIlW)
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"Your beads -- giff zem to me!" -- Terminatrix
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (jR7Wy)
Ha! I didn't have to ask. His jaw dropped, he stared, said Wow, and gave em to me.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:49 AM (Vm8WO)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 12:39 AM (9mTYi)
When they vacuumed his colon, they found that Ceolacanth. He would only explain, "It was the Roaring Twenties."
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:49 AM (OQ9R7)
I'd add don't get married until 30 as well to the list.
Posted by: Jeb at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (0LHZx)
THE Jeb?
Posted by: Life at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (1/hKC)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 15, 2015 12:41 AM (1/hKC)
My sex ed class for girls consists of the lesson: "You do not have a magic pussy". No amount of sex is going to change a bad relationship into a healthy one.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (xq1UY)
How fucking OLD are you?
(I denounce myself, and will get off your lawn)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (XmOA9)
Can we tour it before we burn it to the ground?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (jR7Wy)
Sounds like a plan.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (xVgrA)
14 million whats?
Posted by: Green Bay, WI at August 15, 2015 12:29 AM (FcR7P)
TV money will sky rocket with the LA market back in the fold.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 15, 2015 12:51 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:51 AM (zyIlW)
Pleasant dreams all!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:51 AM (jR7Wy)
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (zyIlW)
Not Fair.
I told you that I don't watch the "Whatever From Cleveland" anymore and you asked me to root for the Silver and Black.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:52 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:52 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:52 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (zyIlW)
Good night again, everyone!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (wKc1L)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
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What did I do?
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (xVgrA)
Recommendation for a light meter
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (Vm8WO)
Last ONT with my teeth.
And yes, that statement makes sense.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 15, 2015 12:33 AM
Good luck w/ that. They wanted to yank a bunch of mine, I told 'em no. They are just fine for now.
Posted by: Farmer at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (o/90i)
Ricardo, Chargers also have an LA history - they started there when the team was established in the old AFL. They moved to SD not long thereafter - don't recall when - but they were originally the LA Chargers.
And seeing as the 70th anniversary of VJ Day is breaking across the other time zones, who was the founder of the AFL, and in which service did he earny his Medal of Honor?
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 12:54 AM (xVgrA)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:54 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 15, 2015 12:50 AM (10ydV)
Hah! I'll bet you use the ONT as a secondary source for your class.
If you want to scare the crap out of them, bring me in for a day. As a divorce attorney and a self-confessed screw, I have stories. Boy, do I have stories.
You ought to take then to child support day at the courthouse and see all the people circling around Dante's second ring of hell. Guys going to jail. Girls with shattered dreams. Lovely.
Posted by: Life at August 15, 2015 12:56 AM (1/hKC)
Heh."
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:53 AM (zyIlW)
That's it. I'm rooting for the Chiefs again this year.
Kansas City, here I come!
They got some crazy little women there,
and I'm a-gonna get me one!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:56 AM (OQ9R7)
Stoopduhst "tourist question" I ever heard, was voiced right there in front of The Alamo.
Typical All-American fambly, looked to be Midwest based on college team shirts amongst 'em.
The Mom puts her hands on her hips, looks at The Alamo, looks at her hubby, and says.....
"..... but why did they put it downtown?"
Yes, they vote too.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 15, 2015 12:57 AM (McRlu)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:57 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:58 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Life at August 15, 2015 12:58 AM (1/hKC)
From Wikipedia. Lamar Hunt.
Medal of Honor. Not the same thing.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 01:00 AM (XmOA9)
I don't follow this stuff, but my impression was that the St Louis guy really, really wants to leave St. L. and be in LA (didn't he buy the old Hollywood Park racetrack area in Inglewood to build his stadium?). Have no idea what's going on in Oakland - assume it's a power play to get the Raiders out of the Coliseum, an understandable desire.
And it sounds like the Chargers owner has decided to move, and the SD populace is not exactly losing sleep over it, based on some surveys this week. They'd prefer to keep the team, but voting to put much taxpayer $$$ into it is not polling well. There's no hope for CA, and little for SD, but it's the last major metro in CA where sheer idiocy, stupidity, criminality, fascism, social engineering, and race-baiting aren't just the staple of local govt., but wildly popular with the idiotic majority of the electorate.
For now. The Coastal Clueless (NPR class affluent/comfortable types with the civil intelligence of hamsters) will combine with the mob, at some point, to take the place to SF's and LA's level.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:00 AM (QDnY+)
But this lady's deliver was right outta Caddyshack. Only thing lacking was a '70s sepia tint to the day's bright colors.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 15, 2015 01:02 AM (McRlu)
Family was in coal from the 20's to the 70's, so I got to work on Waukeshas, Farquhars, Barber-Greens...Dad learned to drive on a Schacht-LeBlond.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 01:02 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at August 15, 2015 01:02 AM (lAXNl)
Posted by: Stringer Davis
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I have a 5 hp Briggs on an old Snapper tiller. I picked it off of a junk pile 20 years ago. 'Ground' the valves in a drill press, using a file, scraped the wear ring out of the top of the cylinder, put in new rings, have been using it ever since.
Compression is down to nearly nothing, and that stupid Briggs Pulsa Jet carb is a PIA to get pumping each year, but once things run, it still tills. Plays havoc with the mosquito population when it starts working hard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (9mTYi)
My ass was hanging-out and you all ordered the veal.
*shakes head*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (OQ9R7)
-Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 12:46 AM (zyIlW)
Not Fair.
I told you that I don't watch the "Whatever From Cleveland" anymore and you asked me to root for the Silver and Black.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) T at August 15, 2015 12:52 AM (OQ9R7)
Hah. My brother-in-law did the opposite. Was a Raiders fan, and has just gotten tired of them he's switched to the Browns. But he's a Michigan fan so there's no accounting for taste.
Posted by: buzzion at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (zt+N6)
Past being sick of the "all college is BS" line, just numb to it now. It is whatever you say, I suppose. But a certain number of people in a given population should know Old English, and Greek philosophy, and medieval history, and art criticism. Less than we're getting now, at public expense? Sure you betcha. We have poisoned the well. Sensible folk like those here do not want to hear an opinion based on those fields of study, unless it's coming from a former student of them who posts here regularly (and we have some of each, upon whom you are calling hell fire.)
Some day the nation will need the knowledge from those fields, and we will lack it. We are now finding the same lessons to be true in what we thought were the unassailably non-political fields of science, engineering, and mathematics. The people who are trying to destroy you are able to buy STEM on the market.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 12:33 AM (xq1UY)
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Been teaching at universities in tenure track positions since '93. Never been in a union. Granted the universities have been for the most part private but the state school I taught at did not have such unions. This may have changed as it was ten plus years ago.
Retention is much more important for small private schools than larger state schools so they tend to work harder and keeping students on track.
The "all college is BS" line IS BS and usually spouted off by folks who never went for some reason.
College is not for everyone but all fields of study will appeal to some and all honest fields of study have merit. Pushing high school seniors into college just so they can go is a sin; it wastes their time and money unless they have a plan. Going to get a degree so you make more money is not a plan; unless you call getting a four year degree in eight a plan. It doesn't have to be highly detailed but at the very least a general area one wishes to pursue. You wanna get a degree in Old English great! Just keep in mind that getting a job in that field with a BS will be tough; get a PhD and go into academia. While it still may be tough the skills learned in getting that PhD will be of value in other areas.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (O3k74)
Posted by: Farmer at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (o/90i)
But the reality is this: Oakland cannot afford to build a new stadium. Plus, it is just too fucking dangerous to hold a future SB there.
This season may be the last for my Raiders in Oakland.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:04 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:05 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:05 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Jim at August 15, 2015 01:06 AM (McRlu)
*shakes head*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (OQ9R7)
***
No, we tipped the veal and tried the waitress.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 01:08 AM (cygkw)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:08 AM (OQ9R7)
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"Your beads -- giff zem to me!" -- Terminatrix
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 15, 2015 12:44 AM (jR7Wy)
Ha! I didn't have to ask. His jaw dropped, he stared, said Wow, and gave em to me.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 15, 2015 12:49 AM (Vm8WO)
Lucky bastard.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 15, 2015 01:09 AM (O3k74)
-Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 01:08 AM (cygkw)
*HAH!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:09 AM (OQ9R7)
Answer: Joe Foss, USMC aviator ace, MoH winner. Later governor of South Dakota and first AFL commissioner (not a bad resume, when you think about it ....).
At least as of last year, his widow was still going strong in AZ. Read the Life mag cover story done on him (1942?) in a copy he had signed. Cover showed him with the Capitol dome behind him, taken during his publicity visit to DC. He was one of the first "heros" given high-profile media treatment during the war.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:10 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:05 AM (QDnY+)
That's purty darned funny then. You screw up, but the guy you referred to got a "medal of honor" anyways?
Weird.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 01:12 AM (XmOA9)
Oh ok. I thought it was qdpsteve asking
I'm lame and don't drink but SA is close for me. I grew up there. I was bartending at a hotel downtown when they had a special exhibition Formula One race. It was crazy, they put up cement barriers along the streets of downtown. I was on the river, which a level down from the street, inside the hotel and every time the cars drove by it was LOUD.
Stace, Dread Pirate Rober, and Elizabeth Wolf are also in SA. I'm in Austin.
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 01:14 AM (xVgrA)
Just about exactly 100% larger than life.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 01:14 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:16 AM (zyIlW)
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We used to have people like that, Edgar Whitcomb, Gov. of Indiana. Wrote the book, 'Escape From Corregidor'. A very good read, the guy's story is amazing. When men were men:
"He served two tours of duty in the Philippines and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. During the Philippines Campaign, Whitcomb's base was overrun; he was captured by the Japanese and was beaten and tortured by his captors, but was able to escape. Recaptured a few days later, he escaped a second time and was hunted for several more days but was able to evade his pursuers. He escaped by swimming all night through shark-infested waters to an island unoccupied by the Japanese army. He was eventually able to secure passage to China under an assumed name where he made contact with the United States Army and was repatriated in December 1943"
Now we get...., Barack Obama.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:16 AM (9mTYi)
our best and brightest, keeping the skies safe for democracy! ugh.
That's it for me. Later all!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 01:18 AM (XmOA9)
I don't follow this stuff, but my impression was that the St Louis guy really, really wants to leave St. L. and be in LA (didn't he buy the old Hollywood Park racetrack area in Inglewood to build his stadium?). Have no idea what's going on in Oakland - assume it's a power play to get the Raiders out of the Coliseum, an understandable desire.
And it sounds like the Chargers owner has decided to move, and the SD populace is not exactly losing sleep over it, based on some surveys this week. They'd prefer to keep the team, but voting to put much taxpayer $$$ into it is not polling well. There's no hope for CA, and little for SD, but it's the last major metro in CA where sheer idiocy, stupidity, criminality, fascism, social engineering, and race-baiting aren't just the staple of local govt., but wildly popular with the idiotic majority of the electorate.
For now. The Coastal Clueless (NPR class affluent/comfortable types with the civil intelligence of hamsters) will combine with the mob, at some point, to take the place to SF's and LA's level.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:00 AM (QDnY+)
O.co and Qualcomm are both near 50 years old, about 10-15 years past their sell by dates. Qualcomm has drainage problems, and O.co is shared with the A's, and if you have ever tried to play football on a baseball infield, you know it is less than optimal (I have a shitty knee to prove it).
When San Diego built their baseball stadium, the football team felt they would be next, but it didn't happen. So, now you have a team feeling like they are being slighted, so, now they are seeing who is interested in them.
Oakland really can't build a stadium anywhere but on the Coliseum site, so one team will be happy and the other pissed. It appears that the A's will get the stadium they want.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 15, 2015 01:18 AM (Z7G74)
Which is why I am estranged from my parents.
They think Obama is the bestest thing EVAH!
I beg to differ.
They can eat all the dicks.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:19 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:20 AM (zyIlW)
I beg to differ.
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I am surrounded by such. It's astounding. At heart, good people, not stupid, but woefully ignorant, and/or wearing blinders.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:21 AM (9mTYi)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:16 AM (9mTYi)
You always use a comma after your ellipsis. I don't like it, so I'm going to hold my breath until you stop it.
*falls-over and dies*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:21 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:22 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Brian Williams at August 15, 2015 01:22 AM (eIWFJ)
I live on the edge of Southwest Austin. The Travis/Hays county line goes through my neighborhood. I'm 15 minutes from both Dripping Springs one way and Driftwood another way.
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 01:24 AM (xVgrA)
-Posted by: Brian Williams at August 15, 2015 01:22 AM (eIWFJ)
1.000 would have been more impressive.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:24 AM (OQ9R7)
Yep, Stringer, forgot the NRA thing. And yes Mike, "when men were men" is hard to fault as a short-hand for some of these guys.
Have an older friend I sometimes mention here, he was no high-profile guy, but overall he "lived the life" too. Enlisted in November '41, *volunteered* as a replacement for Guadalcanal in October '42, knew Boyington there when he was XO of a squadron, used to go to black bars andsmoke dope with the musicians in50s LA, hung out with Howard Hughes' personal flight mechanic and WC Fields' one-time girlfriend.
I'm just in awe of these people and their era.
Which only makes my speechlessness at our own times even more profound.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:24 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:16 AM (9mTYi)
One more thing to add. We Boomers and Gen Xers have apparently been poor role models, for this degradation to have occurred.
Not casting aspersions against any here. There are fine individuals and good role models to be found.
But as a whole, we must have failed to set a proper example, for the likes of those who have risen to the top to be considered worthy of their positions.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 01:25 AM (XmOA9)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:26 AM (OQ9R7)
Yet, he chides me that I should "support" Obama because he's "the first".
Fuck. That. Noise.
I lost over a dozen friends in Iraq. I spent three years in that shithole.
Two of our 'terps (interpreters) and their families have been murdered, while trying to come to the US.
Meanwhile, murderous goatfuckers get a free pass here, threatening servicemembers and vets and their families.
Yeah...my joes, my fellow soldiers, mean more to me than my blood kin (except my kids and grandkids).
So I have no problem cutting my parents and siblings out of my life.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:26 AM (zyIlW)
-Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 01:25 AM (XmOA9)
The Overton Window continues, apace.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:27 AM (OQ9R7)
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But..., why?
*thumps Slap on chest*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:29 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at August 15, 2015 01:29 AM (oZr5y)
Posted by: sshh.. at August 15, 2015 01:29 AM (bvf9e)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:30 AM (zyIlW)
-Posted by: Brian Williams at August 15, 2015 01:22 AM (eIWFJ)
1.000 would have been more impressive.
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Math is for pussies.
Posted by: Brian Williams at August 15, 2015 01:30 AM (oZr5y)
They think Obama is the bestest thing EVAH!
I beg to differ.
They can eat all the dicks.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:19 AM (zyIlW)
***
The rest of my family is in Suburban Chicago, and have never left. Very nice people, but they pull the D handle by drone rote choice.
They think I am merely a pickup truck purchase away from taking all those ooky black guns I own and joining a Militia down here.
Hard to believe we were raised in the same house, which was totally apolitical.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 01:31 AM (2z4UX)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 01:31 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:34 AM (OQ9R7)
But as a whole, we must have failed to set a proper example, for the likes of those who have risen to the top to be considered worthy of their positions.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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Like it or not, much of what you say is manifestly true. The VN engagement, and it's politicization provided fertile ground for the decay in traditional values. And... it was the time of the culture. A sort of cosmic intersection of sex/drugs/music/politics.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:34 AM (9mTYi)
I don't know if you saw my answer to you^.
Have you met Lauren? She moved up by you last year.
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at August 15, 2015 01:34 AM (xVgrA)
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Another tragically avoidable punctuation-caused fatality.
Posted by: Brian Williams at August 15, 2015 01:35 AM (oZr5y)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:35 AM (OQ9R7)
Ashley, not to get too much into the weeds, but SD Stadium (I call it by its original name, "naming" rights were 40 years in the future when it was built by taxpayer money) was one of the, if not the, best public multipurpose stadiums of the 20th century (all kinds of awards from architecture and planning institutions over the years). From the fans point of view, it was not at its "sell-by date" even 10 years ago. I believe it was in that period that a poll of football writers placed it as the best NFL venue - which shocked and outraged everyone, incl. the Chargers who want an up-to-date place to play.
Hadn't heard of drainage problems. It's built in the SD River basin, so water has always been an issue (there's a city water facility next to it), but wasn't aware there were new problems.
The Chargers are not unreasonable to want to replace the 50-yr old facility - it's actually good for (most) fans, but the modern revenue model does not work there (boxes). What's weird is that the city and the team could not work out some deal. A mixed-use modernized development of the site would be guaranteed $$$ for both parties. Dunno what Spanos can get up in Carson, but he's been looking for far more than a new stadium. Don't understand how a mutually agreeable deal for such a prime site (where the transp. network is already built, and good) couldn't be struck.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 01:36 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:36 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 01:37 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel
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It's just oxygen deprivation. You'll be fine.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:38 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at August 15, 2015 01:41 AM (oZr5y)
My family are living proof of how racist us colored folks can get.
Me and mine will never, ever, ever, ever set foot in Chicago.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:41 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:43 AM (zyIlW)
My family are living proof of how racist us colored folks can get.
Me and mine will never, ever, ever, ever set foot in Chicago.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:41 AM (zyIlW)
You and yours will always be welcome in my house.....unless it's packed full of crap for a garage sale.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 01:45 AM (EzgxV)
Not casting aspersions against any here. There are fine individuals and good role models to be found.
But as a whole, we must have failed to set a proper example, for the likes of those who have risen to the top to be considered worthy of their positions.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 15, 2015 01:25 AM (XmOA9)
***
I have a 19 year old daughter in year 2 of Pediatric Nursing school at Alabama. She is dating a 27 year old guy because she can't believe what pussies other guys here age are.
She insisted we all meet before she would go out with him further.
If you are making a General Societal point, sure. What I consider to be not so good parents have been letting school substitute for parenting for far too long.
This is where they get them and begin to form minds early on. So, active parenting can indeed reduce this.
Problem comes in when both parents work 2 part time jobs to feed all in this fcuking depression without a name economy.
Fix that and we're on the way.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 01:47 AM (cygkw)
I no longer think of this county as MY country.
God help me, I see the USA as no different as Iraq when I was there.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:50 AM (zyIlW)
My daughters are self-sufficient.
They have good men by their side.
They know how to shoot, move, and communicate.
As a Gen-X'er myself, I did a damn good job, as well as their father, in educating them.
So please do not lump all of us in one big pile.
My daughters take after me, which is always a good thing.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:53 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:59 AM (zyIlW)
You and yours will always be welcome in my house.....unless it's packed full of crap for a garage sale.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 01:45 AM (EzgxV)
Until I get off my lazy ass and do some housecleaning, none of you are welcome in my house.
It would be too embarrassing.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 02:00 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:01 AM (zyIlW)
And with that, I'm out of here.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 15, 2015 01:31 AM (xq1UY)
I had to have a colon removed from my semipolyp.
Posted by: model_1066 at August 15, 2015 02:01 AM (WEvvb)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:02 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: speedster1 at August 15, 2015 02:04 AM (1brdf)
Posted by: buzzion at August 15, 2015 02:05 AM (zt+N6)
644 643 SMFH
>> Boy or girl
Most likely.
:-)
Posted by: speedster1 at August 15, 2015 02:04 AM (1brdf
Blonde crying, "Oh no I'm gonna have puppies!"
Posted by: Just the Punchline at August 15, 2015 02:06 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:07 AM (zyIlW)
If shit hits the fan, guess what?
*KnockKnock*
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:01 AM (zyIlW)
I just wish that Texans would be refugees looking for shelter where I am -- 'cause you'd be tops on the list. In the real world, we'd be lookin' for sanctuary in Texas.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 02:08 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:09 AM (zyIlW)
I no longer think of this county as MY country.
God help me, I see the USA as no different as Iraq when I was there.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 01:50 AM (zyIlW)
I don't blame you a bit.
My suburban county went for Obama both times, but it was close, about a 50-50 split.
Next time I went to the grocery store, I couldn't help thinking that half of the people around me would be perfectly fine if the government killed me and gave them my stuff.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 02:11 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:11 AM (zyIlW)
You and yours will always find sanctuary here in Texas.
Bet on that.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:09 AM (zyIlW)
Wherever I am, and whatever their circumstances, you and yours can claim sanctuary with me using just your name.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 02:15 AM (EzgxV)
I noticed that the majority of folks, even here in CenTex, would have no problem with doing away with me and mine.
So I prepare accordingly.
It's sad, but it is what it is.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:15 AM (zyIlW)
I used to say that, "Individually, people can be reasoned with. Collectively, they are panicked and dangerous."
I called it "The Men In Black" theory.
I no longer think that people have an understanding of the Founding Fathers' intentions, nor their warnings.*
*(I loves me some Ben Franklin.)
When we have gone from a Constitutional Republic to a media-driven, top-down, pen-and-phone, Executive Order popularity contest?
...we are beyond the pail.
If Ted Cruz is not elected, I'll become a "prepper".
I have been "Primitive Camper" for years and I'll miss some shit, but I Will Be Prepared.
For all of you "Trump Fans" -?
Suck my dick. Your brain has "gone-to-seed" and must be pulled, lest you infect the rest of the L.I.V. idiots.
We have a narcissist in office already. Your clarion call for another one is ill-informed and emotional.
I pray that you see the light.
Instead of typing snarky things on an internet forum, perhaps you could make a phone-call or go to work for Ted Cruz.
Use this as an opportunity to adhere to Our Constitution. Use this time to call "bullshit" on "Case-Law" as compared to "Constitutional Law".
Allow the Free Markets to flow, instead of Crony Capitalism.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:16 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: buzzion at August 15, 2015 02:18 AM (zt+N6)
I do not plan in voting in 2016.
I plan on afterwards.
Fuck politicians.
Fuck the media.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:18 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:19 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:20 AM (zyIlW)
I was at work and didn't get to comment when I saw it this morning, but the RS-25 is basically the Space Shuttle main engine. Only now in NASA's new SLS rocket, it will be thrown away after each launch, instead of being reused as it was in the Shuttle. Progress!
I didn't even read the linked article until now. Just the sidebar blurb alone was enough to make me facepalm.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 02:21 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:21 AM (zyIlW)
Somewhere along the line, we elected a government that makes it easy to be stupid and lazy at the expense of the intelligent and motivated. My solution? Make it impossible for stupid and lazy people to vote, for starters.
Posted by: model_1066 at August 15, 2015 02:21 AM (WEvvb)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:22 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:22 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:23 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 02:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 02:24 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:24 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 15, 2015 02:25 AM (bZQB+)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:26 AM (zyIlW)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:16 AM (OQ9R7)
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I was with you, right up until the Trump bash.
Those that support Trump now are rightfully fcuking furious at D.C GOPe.
And, this is not about Trump. It is about plain talk. It is about not giving a fuck about COC money that almost all other "R" Candidates must bow to. Trump has not a fuck to give for all of that.
He will not be the nominee, but I am laughing my ass off watching him make others confront issues that makes them feel icky in the GOPe.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 02:28 AM (cygkw)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at August 15, 2015 02:24 AM (zyIlW)
You obviously noted the little shuffle.
It would be an honor to help.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 02:29 AM (EzgxV)
This is why you never hand-out your phone #. You might get a Whack-O calling you after Ten P.M.!
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-Posted by: model_1066 at August 15, 2015 02:21 AM (WEvvb)
I'd agree with only allowing home/land owners to vote. Unless you have skin in the game, you can vote yourself unearned wealth.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:31 AM (OQ9R7)
He will not be the nominee, but I am laughing my ass off watching him make others confront issues that makes them feel icky in the GOPe.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 02:28 AM (cygkw)
The best comment I've seen about Trump is "he pisses off all the right people": The Left, the GOPe, and the MSM. I'm enjoying their howls of outrage, too.
No, I can't picture him as President, but anyone who doesn't actively hate America would be a marked improvement over what we have now.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 02:34 AM (sdi6R)
Yeah, I get that. I also find him amusing. My main point is that no matter what people tell me, I am going to go FULL-SCALE for Ted Cruz.
I don't mind that Trump is out there. It doesn't dissuade me one bit.
I have my candidate and I'll not be distracted in the "Silly Season".
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:36 AM (OQ9R7)
No, I can't picture him as President, but anyone who doesn't actively hate America would be a marked improvement over what we have now.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 02:34 AM (sdi6R)
****
Yup.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 02:38 AM (cygkw)
I don't mind that Trump is out there. It doesn't dissuade me one bit.
I have my candidate and I'll not be distracted in the "Silly Season".
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:36 AM (OQ9R7)
***
We are on the very same page. Now, just need to watch for what the Establishment pricks will stoop to to stop him.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 02:41 AM (2z4UX)
MWNP, you hit the key point. Trump is not - probably, mostly - about Trump (I mean the "phenomenon"). It's about alienation from the country as currently ruled, well-founded resentment of the GOP and how it has performed, and the broader and longer-standing frustration with many things like a worthless distortion machine called the "press", lawlessness, etc.
And - it's August 2015. Approximately a geologic epoch away from any actual voting of consequence.
Yet - complete freak-out by so many. Kasich, of all people, actually said at the forum that Trump represents something that should not be ignored.
But .... meh. Trump's unlikely to be nominee or president, and a degraded Third World shadow of what was once the US is unlikely to be significantly helped or changed by anyone else running.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2015 02:45 AM (QDnY+)
-Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at August 15, 2015 02:41 AM (2z4UX)
That's a very good point. Whether it be Trump or Cruz, we'll see some True Colors from Establishment Douchebags.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:46 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at August 15, 2015 02:48 AM (OQ9R7)
"cares for you?"
New poll question: Do you feel that candidate X despises, loathes and looks down their noses at you? And wishes you would die in a fire?
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 15, 2015 02:50 AM (GzDYP)
"cares for you?"
New poll question: Do you feel that candidate X despises, loathes and looks down their noses at you? And wishes you would die in a fire?
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 15, 2015 02:50 AM (GzDYP)
Excellent.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 02:54 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 15, 2015 03:04 AM (GzDYP)
But I got to watch the Buttermilk video again, so there's that.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 03:04 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2015 03:09 AM (w5jBN)
Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2015 03:12 AM (w5jBN)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 15, 2015 03:15 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 03:26 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at August 15, 2015 03:36 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 15, 2015 03:39 AM (bZQB+)
picked it off of a junk pile 20 years ago. 'Ground' the valves in a
drill press, using a file, scraped the wear ring out of the top of the
cylinder, put in new rings, have been using it ever since.
Compression is down to nearly nothing, and that stupid
Briggs Pulsa Jet carb is a PIA to get pumping each year, but once things
run, it still tills. Plays havoc with the mosquito population when it
starts working hard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2015 01:03 AM (9mTYi)
Mike, I have an old Merry Tiller with a cast iron 1.5 horse Briggs on it. I "restored" it about 15 years ago, and used it for one season, haven't pt in a garden since. But I'd be willing to bet it would run if I fueled it up and wrapped the cord around the pulley and gave a tug.
You and I are going to have to sit down and compare notes one fine day. The parallels in the "junk" we own are simply uncanny.
I am posting from Estevan, Saskatchewan tonight. On my way to an event in St. Louis, MO. Stringer Davis can probably guess what that event is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2015 03:45 AM (n+JKS)
Posted by: Sleepy at August 15, 2015 03:46 AM (OQ9R7)
http://tinyurl.com/nzr275v
She's Hotter Than Stevie Nicks.
Posted by: Sleepy at August 15, 2015 03:46 AM (OQ9R7)
She's very hot, but no, not really.
Back in the day, nothing was hotter than Stevie Nicks singing "Rhiannon".
So I looked to see if Kappa performed that song. I didn't find that, but I did find this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEDOtwam_1o
Watch. the. whole. thing.
Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2015 04:05 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2015 04:11 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 15, 2015 04:17 AM (bZQB+)
I only casually mentioned it. But to people who are familiar with software and enhancing it, to take a $25 Amazon Fire Stick, add Kodi to it, and suddenly be able to pick up the remote and have Instant access to pron in 1080, well it's one of life's small pleasures.
There are other reasons beyond pron, but this is AoS.
Posted by: se pa moron at August 15, 2015 04:35 AM (sI4OA)
Posted by: Jill Gates at August 15, 2015 04:54 AM (qd6sQ)
Posted by: Jill Gates at August 15, 2015 05:10 AM (qd6sQ)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2015 05:42 AM (mvaUV)
The so-called 'Alberta Human Rights Commission' is going to prosecute Erza Levant for 'public comments regarding the Alberta Human Rights Commission were inappropriate and unbecoming and that such conduct is deserving of sanction.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9636
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2015 06:00 AM (7YlUk)
She opted out. I don't think she is a match for Bernie Sanders populist appeal.
Did I just type that Sandrrs has appeal?
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 06:26 AM (2iV3X)
Did I just type that Sandrrs has appeal?
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 06:26 AM
Yes you did, and now the whole Intarwebz knows what you said!
In fact, for the Loony Left, appearance, charisma, intelligence and, well, personal sanitation have nothing to do with what draws Teh Folks to a candidate. All it takes is adherence to their goals, skin tone and/or gender.
Lieawatha may not get little boys' hearts racing, and Bernie may not be worthy of a poster on every teenage girl's wall, but by Jeebus they are Democrats!
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 06:31 AM (0atQl)
Posted by: hadoop at August 15, 2015 06:40 AM (2X7pN)
Bernie is like a younger Bobby Kennedy!
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 06:44 AM (2iV3X)
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 06:44 AM
Yes, and Fauxcahontas is like a younger Teddy Kennedy....
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 06:48 AM (0atQl)
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 07:07 AM (2iV3X)
Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2015 07:21 AM (w5jBN)
Started talking about Democrats and the hamsters couldn't take the smell.
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 07:23 AM (2iV3X)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:34 AM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2015 07:35 AM (mvaUV)
Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2015 07:21 AM
Probably have to wait 'til Y-not wakes up to get teh new content.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:36 AM (0atQl)
Who wants to go on the record in predicting Trump wont go wire to wire. I'll save the quotes and post them in a year :-)
Posted by: AC at August 15, 2015 07:37 AM (TzeLs)
Posted by: AC at August 15, 2015 07:37 AM
Ace, EE, Poppin' Fresh and the tea-sipping nose-lifters at NRO already have. How many do you need?
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:40 AM (0atQl)
Posted by: hadoop at August 15, 2015 07:41 AM (2X7pN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:42 AM (DUoqb)
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:40 AM (0atQl)
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I'll even put up my own idiotic prediction. Wouldn't want people eating crow all by themselves. Prediction -
He also takes Cali.
Posted by: AC at August 15, 2015 07:42 AM (TzeLs)
After Senator Thin Skin whined to a reporter, "Can I just finish my waffle?", I casually predicted that the press would hound him out of the race.
Shorter: I'm out.
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 07:43 AM (2iV3X)
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2015 07:44 AM (mvaUV)
Posted by: hadoop at August 15, 2015 07:44 AM (2X7pN)
Gerald Molen helped produce one of cinema's most important films, but his disapproval of Obama's nuclear deal with Iran puts him at odds with Hollywood's most prominent Jews.
Well obviously Molen has a brain
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:47 AM (DUoqb)
He's certainly lasted longer than I thought, but it's only August. He has to win an early state or people will desert him.
Trump's advantage is his disadvantage: he's entertaining. If people get sick of him, he's done.
IMO, he needs to make his campaign about telling the establishment of both parties to go to hell, and the PC lobby with them.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2015 07:47 AM (uY7+y)
Posted by: Agent J at August 15, 2015 07:48 AM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:42 AM
In the "worry" stakes, I put him far down the scale from Shrillery, Joltin' Joe Biden and Bernie. And Jeb!, for that matter.
Hell, I'm not even worried about the rest of the Not-Ready-For-Primetime 17. Even they're not my choices, I'll say they would be immeasurably better than Choom Boy.
Who, according to The Hill, just happened to run into Bubba Klintoon on the golf links yesterday. Do you believe that?
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:48 AM (0atQl)
DUDE!...wait...what?
Posted by: Mr Wizard at August 15, 2015 07:49 AM (hCdMd)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:49 AM (DUoqb)
The Republican party would rather lose to keep comity paramount than win with a racous, divisive candidate.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2015 07:51 AM (uY7+y)
Posted by: Clarney at August 15, 2015 07:52 AM (xw7XT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:49 AM
Trump is, at worst, entertaining. That's more than can be said of most political hacks.
And his demonstrated ability to make heads explode is never more apparent than here at the HQ. My guess is that the Serious Political Philosophers just can't stand it when a semi-normal human being tries to crash their little party.
It's fun to watch.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:53 AM (0atQl)
I'M WARNING DEMOCRATS HERE AND NOW: Putting Obama Over Country Is Treason
http://directorblue.blogspot.ca/2015/08/i-warning-democrats-here-and-now.html
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 07:53 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:53 AM (0atQl)
yes it is. And the smart candidates like Cruz are just going about doing their thing and waiting for the hubbub to die down and then hopefully in Cruz's case, he will make his move. I still love Cruz contrary to what that asshole moo moo thinks, but then I am not the richest man on the blog
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2015 07:55 AM (DUoqb)
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2015 06:26 AM (2iV3X)
Do not underestimate the powers of the Empress, or sad you will be, next election day. She doesn't want to get her delicate hands dirty, she's awaiting an anointing. She'll pull the woman vote and be able to play the minority card. She's a fresh face to most ("Oh, thank goodness it's not Hillary"). She will have as much appeal as Sanders to the socio-communist left. Very, very dangerous.
Posted by: Agent J at August 15, 2015 07:56 AM (ueOgE)
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:40 AM (0atQl)
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someone over at the NRO is suggesting Kasich/Rubio
...
over at HotAir headlines
Five Reasons Why Kasich-Rubio Is the Right 2016 Ticket
myra-adams
le sigh
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 07:56 AM (qCMvj)
The T-word won't catch on among the majority of the Conservative Punditry. Once they took impeachment "off the table," they were stuck with the result.
Comity 1, America 0.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 07:57 AM (0atQl)
Is this the fate of American Women in our 'new era'
Posted by: Jake at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (cg1d0)
______________
Well since we know all cultures are equal, it would be wrong to "judge" rapists' behavior or try to make them conform their behavior to our standards -- even if they've come to live in our country, which really isn't our country at all, but belongs to all the world.
So be ready to surrender your money, homes, neighborhoods, women, children, freedom, and basically everything you have, in the interests of the new One World Order, of which we will rule.
Posted by: Obama Administration and assorted associated fascists at August 15, 2015 07:58 AM (kGrdk)
ARKANSAS GOV. HUTCHINSON CUTS STATE CONTRACTS WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
If it looks bad for Planned Parenthood now, just imagine how much more trouble they'd be in, if the MSM wasn't working so hard to suppress the story.
yep
and, this is great:
GOOD: House Judiciary Chairman Wants Answers About First Amendment from Public Colleges.
The Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee sent letters today to the presidents of 161 public colleges and universities across the country to ask them why their policies fail to protect the First Amendment rights of students and faculty.
The letters were sent by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to leaders of institutions that received the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's (FIRE's) lowest, "red light" rating in our annual report on campus speech codes. Colleges that receive this rating maintain at least one policy that clearly and substantially restricts protected speech.
The letters follow FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff's testimony before Congress earlier this summer. On June 2, Lukianoff testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice about the state of free speech on America's public college campuses.
Great. Next pressure them on sexual assault policies.
Taking it directly to them. Good.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 08:01 AM (qCMvj)
Is this the fate of American Women in our 'new era'
Posted by: Jake at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (cg1d0)
this is why I do not want to travel as much anymore
glad I did a bunch of traveling around the globe pre-obama
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 08:02 AM (qCMvj)
Typical news cast:
Here's five minutes of Jeb! really taking it to Hillary! (who he gave a gosh she's wonderful prize during this time) over her policies in Iraq.
Here's your Two minutes of Trump Hate: Boo Trump boo!!! Jeb!'s much better. Boo!!! Trump is teh suxxor!
Here's five seconds of Cruz saying something about something. Okay, who cares about that?
This just in Chris Christie ate a pizza! That's right, just one!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2015 08:03 AM (KUa85)
glad I did a bunch of traveling around the globe pre-obama
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 08:02 AM
So I'm guessing this "get consent, notarized and witnessed by at least three wimminz or it's rape" stuff applies only to white, Judaeo-Christian dudes, amirite?
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2015 08:05 AM (0atQl)
It was comment 492 of yeaterday's post "Coulter vs Cooke on Trump". Maybe I misunderstood the context, or maybe Ace was just drinking early, but I think the pods got him.
Posted by: Agent J at August 15, 2015 08:06 AM (ueOgE)
I am glad you noticed it, too. I thought I was the only person who thought they had stopped being " fair and. balanced". The Conservative Treehouse blog has had many articles about the GOPe and Murdoch backing Hillary and Bush, and I thought that was influencing how I now see Fox!
Posted by: Chilling the most at August 15, 2015 08:08 AM (zW5rQ)
Posted by: Al Charlatan at August 15, 2015 08:09 AM (qd6sQ)
EXCLUSIVE!! 'BLOOD' GANG MEMBER WHO SHOT NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER WAS A DEMOCRAT ACTIVIST!!
where the thug poses with Dem officials - lots of photos
sounded like a moronette responded:
AZBrownEyes
You know, had Obama never been elected President, the race wars currently flying in this country would likely never have been ignited as they are today. The race-baiters wouldn't have a national platform and BLM simply would not exist. The New Black Panther Party would be a joke, not a threat. The confederate flag would not even be noticed, and no buried confederate bodies or statues would be pulled out of the ground. There would be no Obamacare, Obama phones, or the heads of tens of thousands of innocent BLACKS on the other side of the world being hacked off and the bodies of young children and women being brutalized daily by emboldened terrorists. And this kid? Who knows. Perhaps he might be alive today instead of dead. Had America elected a conservative in 2008 instead of some racist jerk? Had the GOP allowed a conservative to be on the ticket even in 2012? Imagine the difference in our lives. It all matters. Who we put into office matters.
really good.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 08:09 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Al Charlatan at August 15, 2015 08:11 AM (qd6sQ)
good for him.
Btw, he had lunch with Cruz the other day when he was in little rock.
Posted by: Lea at August 15, 2015 08:13 AM (vmMMi)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 08:14 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 15, 2015 08:15 AM (qCMvj)
Is this the fate of American Women in our 'new era'
Posted by: Jake at August 15, 2015 12:11 AM (cg1d0)
Yes.
Unrestricted muslim immigration will lead to increasing restrictions on womens dress, behavior, and finally freedom.
Just as in Europe now - there will be growing "no go"zones and sharia courts which in essence set up separate muslim mini-nations within our own nation from which they will expand.
If I were a leftard I would be fighting this hammer and tong, but apparently it's okay.
If I were a woman I'd be fighting this hammer and tong, but apparently it's okay, etc, etc, etc.
There's a reason Sweden's become the rape capital of Europe.
Hint: Look at who's committing the rapes.
Well, enjoy your new rapey future America cuz diversity and high horses and frat boys.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2015 08:16 AM (KUa85)
Every day feels like another day in Opposite World lately. I come here for the feeling of a few other sane people still existing ... well, except when the DT wars start up.
G'mornin' everyone !
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Morning, Overnight Glories!
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